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Haji Ghalib
Ghalib was interviewed by The Guardian in 2006.[1] The Guardian described him as a "tribal elder", and that their sources had independently confirmed that he had fought against the Taliban.
Ghalib was interviewed by the Associated Press in February 2009.[2] According to the Associated Press Ghalib had been held in Camp four, the camp for compliant captives. He shared a cell there with ISN 1001, a captive who an employee of Hamid Karzai's government, who was denounced by a rival militia leader, who, ironically, was himself subsequently denounced and sent to Guantanamo. The Associated Press sought out Ghalib for more information about ISN 1001 because he was subsequently re-apprehended by US forces, and held, for years, in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility, and his lawyers and civil rights workers fear that he is being held based on the same original false allegations.
The Associated Press also quoted Ghalib's own experience with police corruption he experienced on his return from Guantanamo.[2] He described local police trying to solicit a bribe, after which he would be given a government job.
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Jason Burke (2008-09-14). "Shadow of Guantanamo follows freed inmates back to their homes: After years in detention, Afghan returnees have bitter memories as they face new hardships". The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
Haji Ghalib, a tribal elder from eastern Nangahar province released late last year, claimed he was falsely denounced after closing down a drugs bazaar when he was police chief in a rough district near Jalalabad.
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"Guantanamo prisoner freed, arrested again: His story shows difficulties of fighting terrorists, closing detention center". MSNBC. 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
Ghalib says his experience with Afghanistan's deeply corrupt police force is firsthand. After returning from Guantanamo, he went to the interior ministry with a letter of introduction from his former mujahedeen leader. Ghalib says they were ready to give him a job — for $600. He didn't have the money, and is now unemployed.
{{cite news}}: line feed character in|quote=at position 277 (help) mirror - ^ "Haji Ghalib: Guantanamo Bay detainee file on Haji Ghalib, US9AF-000987DP, passed to the Telegraph by Wikileaks". The Daily Telegraph. 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-30. mirror