Mullah

Mullah

Mullah is generally used to refer to a Muslim man, educated in Islamic theology and sacred law. The title, given to some Islamic clergy, is derived from the Arabic word مَوْلَى mawlā , meaning "vicar", "master" and "guardian"...

 Fazal Mohammad is a citizen of Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 and formerly a Taliban militia commander who was captured on November 25, 2001.

According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...

, he was the Taliban militia's "commander in Afghanistan's southern region along the Pakistan border" in 2001. He was one of the speakers who addressed an outdoor rally in support of the Taliban on November 9, 2001.

According to the Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i newspaper Dawn

Dawn (newspaper)

Dawn is Pakistan's oldest and most widely read English-language newspaper. One of the country's two largest English-language dailies, it is the flagship of the Dawn Group of Newspapers, published by Pakistan Herald Publications, which also owns the Herald, a magazine, the evening paper The Star and...

, Fazal Mohammed was captured in the Taliban office in Soldier Bazaar, Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

, where officials seized nineteen other individuals, "relief goods, documents, and aid money".

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on July 28, 2002, that thirty-year old Fazal Mohammed was released from a US prison near Kandahar

Kandahar

Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level...

 due to failing health. A Pakistani doctor who examined him said he had lost most of his vision. Fazal Mohammad claimed that he and other captives in Kandahar were subjected to sexual abuse and ferocious dogs. Their wounds and other medical conditions were left untreated, and they were fed starvation rations. Fazal Mohammad reported that the Kandahar prison had held approximately 300 other inmates, including former Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakil, his spokesman Abdul Hai Mutmaen, and former Herat

Herat

Herāt is the capital of Herat province in Afghanistan. It is the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of about 397,456 as of 2006. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan...

 governor Maulawi Khairullah Khairkhawa.

In 2005 an individual named Fazal Mohammad

Fazal Mohammad (Kandahar Provincial Council 2005)

In 2005 an individual named Fazal Mohammad was elected to the Kandahar Provincial Council.An individual named Fazal Mohammad, who acknowledged being a member of the Taliban leadership, was held in American custody in Kandahar Air Base, and was released in 2002 due to failing health....

 was elected to the Kandahar Provincial Council

Kandahar Provincial Council

Kandahar Provincial Council is a Province level legislature or Shura for Kandahar, Afghanistan.Elections were held in 2005....

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