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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JOINT TASK FORCE GUANTANAMO GUANTANAMO BAY, APOAE09360

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JTF GTMO -CG 24 January 2004

MEMORANDUMFOR Commander, Southern Command, 3511 NW Avenue, Miami, FL 33172.

SUBJECT : ( S) Transfer Recommendation for Guantanamo Detainee, Kako Kandahari, ISN: -000986DP , to the Control of Another Country for Continued Detention

1. ( S) Personal Information: Kako Kandahari is an Afghan national born in 1970 (age 34) in unknown town in (AF). He is in good health.

2. ( S ) Detention Information: US Special Forces arrested detainee after a raid on a compound where Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were being manufactured . Detainee was arrested with ISN: USAF -000987, Haji Ghalib, whom detainee refers to as the Security Chief for the village of Ghunkiel, AF . Detainee claims to have been a simple farmer who worked part time as a security guard for Ghalib . Detainee was subsequently transported to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, on 17 July 2003 because of his possible knowledge of anti-US activities and a local warlord , Mulawi Kabir, in the Nangarhar and Konar provinces, connected to the Hezb-E - Islami Gulbudin (HIG), the Al-Qaida, as well as his possible involvement with IEDs.

3. (S) Reasons for Continued Detention: Detainee has not been cooperative and we have ascertained little information about him. Detainee was arrested during a raid because ofhis involvement as an insurgent and his suspected expertise in IEDs. Detainee was reportedly a leader of a small security unit under Ghalib. Additionally, he is suspected ofhaving knowledge ofwarlard MulawiKabir, who attended a meeting inPakistanwith HIG members, Jalaluddin Haqqani, and several Al-Qaida members. Detainee is believed to be a low-level insurgent fighter working on behalfof a localwarlord who is opposed to US intervention in Afghanistan . Detainee was administered a polygraph exam while in Bagram , AF, regarding his knowledge ofIEDs, anti-coalition forces, and his involvement in attacks against coalition forces. Detainee showed deception on the polygraph. Detainee has some special skills (IEDs) that give him the capability to participate or support terrorism and he remains vulnerable to recruitment for terrorists or a supportive group.

CLASSIFIEDBY: MG GeoffreyD.Miller, Commander, JTF Guantanamo REASON: E.O. 12958 Section 1.5(C ) DECLASSIFYON: 20290124 SECRET SECRET

JTF GTMO - CG SUBJECT : Transfer Recommendation for Guantanamo Detainee , Kako Kandahari, ISN: -000986DP, to the Control of Another Country for Continued Detention

4. (S Assessment Based on informationcollected and available to Joint Task Force Guantanamo as of7 January 2004, detainee N -000986DP is assessed as not being a memberofAl-Qaida or a Taliban leader. Moreover, based on the detainee's folder, the knowledgeabilitybrief, and subsequent interrogations by Guantanamo, the detainee is of low intelligence value to the United States. Based on the above, detainee poses a medium risk, as he may possibly pose a threat to the U.S., its interests or its allies.

5. ( S ) EC Status: Detaineewas assessed as an (EC) on 24 January 2004.

6. ( S ) Recommendation: Transfer to the control of another government for continued detention.

7. (S) Coordination: JTF Guantanamonotifiedthe CriminalInvestigativeTask Forceofthis recommendationon 23 December2003, who indicatedthat furtherinvestigationis neededto make a threat determination. UntilCITF makes an assessment, JTF GTMOand CITF cannot agreeonthis particulardetainee.

MILLER U.S. Army

CF : CITF -GTMO

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