Abdul Rauf
2015
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Occupation
- Taliban
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Guantanamo Bay Detention CampDates unknown
- Guantanamo Bay Detention CampDates unknown
Biography
Mullah Abdul Rauf Aliza (Pashto: Ù Ùا عبد اÙرؤÙÙ; 10 February 1981 â 9 May 2015), widely identified as Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim, was an Afghan militant who served as a senior leader in both the Taliban and ISIS-K. A foot soldier in Taliban leader Mullah Omarâs elite mobile reserve force prior to 9/11, he was detained by the United States after the initial invasion of Afghanistan, and transferred to Guantanamo Bay detention camp, where he was held until 20 December 2007. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 108. Following his release, he returned to militancy in Afghanistan, becoming a provincial-level Taliban commander. After falling out with Taliban leadership in 2014, Rauf swore allegiance to ISIS and was named deputy commander of its Afghanistan-Pakistan based Wilayah Khorasan branch (ISIS-K), before being killed by an Indian airforce drone strike in 09 May 2015.
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