Compiled list of Taliban foreign POWs captured and held by United Front/ISA forces inside Afghanistan

Courtesy of Committee for a Free Afghanistan and Julie Sirrs

Ms. Sirrs is currently a consultant specializing in Afghanistan-related issues.  She has made four trips to Afghanistan since 1997, visiting both Taliban and non-Taliban areas, including two trips which focused on the issue of the foreign POWs held by the United Front. From 1995-1999, Ms. Sirrs was an Afghan analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency."

This report was orginally released by the Committee for a Free Afghanistan and a hard copy with pictures of each prisoner can be obtained by e-mailing Julie Sirrs at juliesirrs@compuserve.com.  And web formatted by Azadi Afghan Radio.

Prisoner Information Explanation

Key Findings

Prisoners 99-113 are held separately from the others;  more information about them can be found by clicking on their names. 

Name	Province/Ethnicity	Age/Education Level	Profession	Party Affiliation	Date & Place of Capture
1.Maul. Abdul Samad	Baluchistan/Pashtun	29 / Mawlawi	Mosque Imam	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Mazar
2. Abdullah Lal Hosein	Punjab/Punjabi	46 / Level 12	Office Deputy	Harakat ul Ansar	Oqrab 77, Hambarko
3. Abdul Ghaffur	Punjab/Punjabi	22 / Level 5	Talib Alim	Harakat ul Ansar	Qaus 77, Pol-e Bangi
4. Maul. Abdul Rahim	Sind / Baluch	23 / Level 4	Talib Alim Hafez	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 75, Kapisa
5. Maw. Abdul Ghaffar	Sind / Urdu speaker	36 / Mawlawi	Mawlawi	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Mazar
6. Mau. Abdul Hamid	Sind / Sindi	26 / Level 6	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 75, Kapisa
7. Haji Ramazan	Punjab / Baluch	36 / Level 5	Party worker	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza76,Jabal os Seraj
8. Abdul Jalil	Baluchistan / Pashtun	37 / Talib Alim	Mosque Imam	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Mazar
9. Mahfooz ul Haq	Punjab / Punjabi	36 / Level 3	Talib Alim	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Salang
10. Wali Mohammad	NWFP / Pashtun	23 / Level 12	Asst. Clinic Doctor	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Salang
11. Shekib Hosein	Punjab / Punjabi	22 / Level 12	School teacher	Muslim League	Jowza 76, Charikar
12. Sultan Mahmood	Sind / Urdu speaker	22 / Hafez Quran	Hafez	Harakat ul Jihad	Asad 76, Charikar
13. Anwar Khan	Great Britain /Pashtun	24 / Level 16	Innkeeper	Harakat ul Ansar	Qaus 77, Bangi
14. Mohammed Bilal	Punjab / Punjabi	23 / Level 8	Talib Alim	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Salang
15. Qari Abdul Wahed	Sind / Baluch	29 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 75, Parwan
16. Maw. Rahmatullah	Sind / Pashtun	25 / Level 4	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 75, Kapisa
17. Jawed Akhtar	NWFP / Indko	46 / Level 14	Teacher	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Bagram
18. Mohammed Kashef	Karachi / Urdu speaker	23 / Level 10	Computer worker	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Salang
19. Qari Amanullah	Kashmir / Kashmiri	21 / Hafez Quran	Teacher	Harakat-ul Jihad	Jowza 76, Salang
20. Mohammed Zahed	Punjab / Urdu speaker	29 / Level 12	Teacher	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Charikar
21. Hamed Mahmood	Sind / Sindi	33 / Hafez Quran	Mosque Imam	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Mazar
22. Rashed Mahmood	Punjab / Baluch	18 / Hafez Quran	None given	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 77, Hambarko
23.ObaidAbdurahman	Yemen / Arab	21 / Grade 3	Talib Alim	Harakat-ul Jihad	Jowza 76, Charikar
24. Obaidullah	Punjab / Punjabi	23 / Grade 8	Officer	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Salang
25. Aminullah	Baluchistan / Pashtun	27 / Hafez Quran	None given	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza76,Jabal os Seraj
26. Binyamin	NWFP / Pashtun	19 / Grade 8	None given	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Salang
27. Mohd. Ibrahim	Punjab / Punjabi	28 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 75, Charikar
28. Mohammed Gul	Baluchistan / Baluch	24 / Grade 4	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Asad 76, Charikar
29. Qari Mohd. Hosein	Punjab / Punjabi	Level 21 / Qari	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Oqrab 77, Qabr-e Qazi
30. Mohammed Tayab	Punjab / Urdu speaker	22 / Grade 12	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 77, Hambarko
31. Mohd. Ramazan	Punjab / Punjabi	36 / Grade 5	Manual laborer	Harakat ul Ansar	Mizan 75, Charikar
32. Kheyal Mohammed	Baluchistan / Pashtun	26 / madrassah	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Salang
33. Mohd. Zulfiqar	Punjab / Punjabi	24 / Grade 8	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Salang
34. Shahed Iqbal	Punjab / Urdu speaker	25 / Grade 2	Security guard	Jamaat-e Tablighi	Mizan 75, Charikar
35.Mohammed Ibrahim	NWFP / Pashtun	22 / Grade 5	Talib Alim	Jamaat-e Ulema	Asad 76, Qarabagh
36. Mohammed Jawed	Lahore / Punjabi	25 / Grade 5	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 75, Salang
37. Shafiq al Rahman	Lahore / Punjabi	24 / religious subjects	Religious Subjects	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Salang
38. Abdul Jabar	Punjab / Punjabi	22 / Grade 10	Student	Muslim League	Saratan 76, Qarabagh
39. Abdur Razaq	Sind / Sindi	22 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Kapisa
40. Mohd. Zulfiqar	Punjab / Punjabi	28 / Grade 14	Manager	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza76,Jabal os Seraj
41.Obaidullah Shaheen	Punjab / Punjabi	21 / Grade 8	Calligrapher	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Salang
42. Abdul Aziz	Sind / Baluch	22 / Grade 4	Talib	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Kapisa
43. Tajuddin	Punjab / Sindi	24 / Hafez Quran	Talib	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Salang
44. Abdul Hamid	Baluchistan / Pashtun	24 / Grade 4	Talib	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza76,Jabal os Seraj
45. Ghulam Nabi	Punjab / Punjabi	22 / Hafez Quran	Talib	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Salang
46. Mohammed Yusef	Punjab / Urdu speaker	21 / Grade 10	Shopkeeper	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Charikar
47. Abdul Qader	Baluchistan / Baluch	23 / Grade 10	Talib Alim	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Qarabagh
48. Mohammed Yusef	Punjab / Sindi	21 / Madrassah	Farmer	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Charikar
49. Abdul Karim	Sind / Baluch	25 / Grade 4	Talib Alim	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Kapisa
50. Niyaz Ahmed	Punjab / Sindi	20 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Parwan
51. Mohammed Ali	Punjab / Punjabi	21 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Parwan
52. Mohd. Omar Khan	NWFP / Pashtun	22 / Grade 5	Farmer	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Salang
53. Abdul Malek	Sind / Pashtun	23 / Grade 5	Talib Alim	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 77, Charikar
54. Qari Abdul Wajed	Sind / Urdu speaker	24 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Harakat-ul Ansar	Qaus 77, Bangi
55. Akram ul Haq	NWFP / Pashtun	31 / Grade 4	Shopkeeper	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Salang
56. Imtiaz Mahuddin	Punjab / Urdu speaker	22 / Grade 10	Talib Alim	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Salang
57. Hakimullah	Punjab / Punjabi	21 / Grade 10	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza76,Jabal os Seraj
58. Mohammed Ali	NWFP / Pashtun	22 / Hafez Quran	Transport worker	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Salang
59. Mohmmed Yunus	Punjab / Punjabi	23 / Grade 8	Farmer	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza76,Jabal os Seraj
60. Mohd. Shahed	Punjab / Punjabi	27 / Grade 10	Engineer	Harakat-ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Senjed Dara
61. Mohammed Ilyas	NWFP / Pashtun	24 / Grade 8	Driver	Harakat-ul Ansar	Mizan75,Jabal os Seraj
62. Abdul Haq	Sind / Baluch	27 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Kapisa
63. Ali Hosein	NWFP / Pashtun	28 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 77, Bangi
64. Abdul Qodus	Baluchistan / Baluch	20 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 77, Hambarko
65. Mohammed Tayeb	Punjab / Punjabi	24 / Not provided	Farmer	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 77, Hambarko
66. Ghulam Yasin	Punjab / Sindi	23 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Jamiat-ul Ulema	Jowza 76, Parwan
67. Mohammed Asif	Punjab / Urdu speaker	24 / Grade 5	Shopkeeper	Harakat ul Ansar	Mizan 77, Pol-e Bangi
68. Mohammed Abed	Punjab / Sindi	22 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Harakat ul Ansar	Mizan 75, Bagram
69. Mohammed Nadim	NWFP / Sindi	25 / Grade 10	Talib Alim	Harakat ul Ansar	Mizan 77, Pol-e Bangi
70. Mohammed Karim	NWFP / Pashtun	23 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Harakat ul Mujahideen	75, Charikar
71. Omar Ahmed	Punjab / Sindi	28 / Grade 10	Stationary Seller	Harakat ul Mujahideen	Jowza75,Jabal os Seraj
72. Mohammed Imran	Punjab / Punjabi	21 / Grade 10	Student	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Charikar
73. Salahuddin	Baluchistan / Baluch	22 / Grade 3	Student	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 76, Ghorband
74. Mahmood Khan	NWFP / Sindi	21 / Grade 3	Student	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza75,Jabal os Seraj
75. Tala Mohammed	NWFP / Pashtun	41 / Illiterate	Not provided	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 77, Salang
76. Amir Shah	NWFP / Pashtun	34 / Grade 6	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 75, Charikar
77. Padshah Mir	NWFP / Pashtun	21 / Grade 8	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 75, Parwan
78. Ayaz Mohammed	Punjab / Punjabi	23 / Illiterate	Not provided	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Salang
79. Zafar Iqbal	Punjab / Punjabi	23 / Hafez Quran	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Charikar
80. Mohammed Imran	Punjab / Punjabi	24 / Grade 5	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Asad 75, Sheberghan
81. Abdul Wali	Baluchistan / Pashtun	21 / Grade 4	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Bagram
82. Anwar ul Haq	Baluchistan / Pashtun	22 / Hafez	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 75, Salang
83. Farqan ul Rahman	Sind / Urdu speaker	23 / Grade 10	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza76,Jabal os Seraj
84. Juma Khan	Baluchistan / Pashtun	34 / Grade 12	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 77, Mazar
85. Agha Mohammed	Sind / Sindi	24 / Grade 5	Talib Alim	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 77, Kapisa
86. Noor Khan	NWFP / Pashtun	21 / Not provided	Shepherd	Harakat ul Ansar	Saratan 77, Parwan
87. Quch Ali	Punjab / Sindi	29 / Not provided	Farmer	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 77, Parwan
88. Hasan Wali	Sind / Sindi	24 / Grade 5	Factory Worker	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 77, Mazar
89. Abed Ali	Sind / Urdu speaker	20 / Illiterate	Plumber	Harakat ul Ansar	Jowza 77, Charikar
90. Shah Jehan	NWFP / Urdu speaker	29 / Illiterate	Manual laborer	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 77, Salang
91. Inamuddin	NWFP / Pashtun	23 / Grade 5	Talib Alim	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 77, Qarabagh
92. Mohammed Sadur	Sind / Sindi	23 / Illiterate	Shepherd	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 77, Kapisa
93. Monir Ahmed	Punjab / Punjabi	36 / Illiterate	Farmer	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 75, Salang
94. Mohammed Zaher	NWFP / Pashtun	32 / Grade 5	Not provided	Jamiat-e Ulema	Mizan 75, Charikar
95. Ghulam Rasool	Punjab / Torki	48 / Grade 5	Driver	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 76, Bagram
96. Ayad Gul	NWFP / Pashtun	28 / Grade 7	Manual laborer	Jamiat-e Ulema	Hamal 76, Salang
97. Abdul Jabar	Punjab / Punjabi	21 / Grade 7	Car repairman	Muslim League	Saratan 76, Charikar
98. Mohd. Hosein	NWFP / Maroki	22 / Illiterate	Manual laborer	Muslim League	Saratan 76, Charikar
99. Abdul Jabar	Sind / Urdu	20 / Student	Not provided	Harakat ul Ansar	Asad 78, Kapisa
100. Mohammed Saleh	Sind / Burmese	23 / Grade 8	Not provided	Islami Mahaz	June 8,1999, Dareh Suf
101. Abdullah	Sind / Burmese	18 / Grade 7	Not provided	Islami Mahaz	June 8,1999, Dareh Suf
102. Mohd. Shahed	Sind / Burmese	23 / Grade 6	Not provided	Islami Mahaz	June 8,1999, Dareh Suf
103. Ali Akbar	Punjab / Punjabi	23 / Grade 10	Party worker	Harakat ul Mujahideen	Asad 78, Ghorband
104. Mohammed Esrar	NWFP / Pashtun	26 / No schooling	Shopkeeper	Harakat ul Mujahideen	Asad 78, Charikar
105. Nasrullah	Baluchistan / Pashtun	21 / No schooling	Shopkeeper	Harakat ul Mujahideen	Aug.1999,Jabalos Seraj
106. Shah Hosein	NWFP / Pashtun	29 / No schooling	Shopkeeper / Spy	ISI	1996, Kohistan
107. Abdul Rahman	NWFP / Pashtun	22 / Grade 12	Talib Alim	None provided	1997, Ghorband
108. Abdul Rahman	Baluchistan / Pashtun	22 / Madrassah	Gardener	Jamiat-e Ulema	Jowza 78 / Dareh Suf
109. Abdul Shakoor	Baluchistan / Pashtun	23 / Hafez Quran	Hafez Quran	None provided	Mizan 75, Ghorband
110. Mohd. Khaled	Baluchistan / Not given	26 / MA degree	Party activist	Harakat ul Mujahideen	Oct.1996,Jabal os Seraj
111. Noor Mohammed	China / Uighur	28 / Grade 5	Talib Alim	Hezb-i Islami	1999, Jabal os Seraj
112. Abdul Jalil	China / Uighur	21 / Grade 11	Talib Alim	None provided	Aug. 1999,Charikar
113. Mohd. Hasan	Sind / Not provided	33 / Grade 12	Party activist	Mohajir Qawmi Movt.	1996, Jalalabad

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