Ejaz Ahmad Khan

{{short description|Pakistani Guantanamo detainee}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox War on Terror detainee | name = Ejaz Ahmad Khan | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date =  | birth_place = | date_of_arrest = | place_of_arrest= | arresting_authority= | date_of_release = | place_of_release= | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | detained_at = Guantanamo | id_number = 135 | group = | alias = Ijaz Khan | charge = | penalty = | status = Repatriated on 11 November 2003 | csrt_summary = | csrt_transcript= | occupation = | spouse = | parents = | children = }} '''Ejaz Ahmad Khan''' is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.<ref name=DoDList2>{{cite web | url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf | title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through 15 May 2006 | publisher=United States Department of Defense | accessdate=15 May 2006 | quote= | archive-date=30 September 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184034/http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

He was repatriated on 11 November 2003.<ref name=ConsolidatedReleaseList> {{cite news |url = http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf |title = Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased |publisher = Department of Defense |author = OARDEC |author-link = OARDEC |date = 9 October 2008 |accessdate = 28 December 2008 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081220004442/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf |archivedate = 20 December 2008 }} </ref>

==McClatchy News Service interview==

On 15 June 2008, the McClatchy News Service published a series of articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives.<ref name=McClatchyCaptiveDatabasePg3> {{cite news |url = http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/ |title = Guantanamo Inmate Database: Page 3 |publisher = Miami Herald |author = Tom Lasseter |author-link = Tom Lasseter |date = 15 June 2008 |accessdate = 17 June 2008 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304175010/http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/ |archivedate = 4 March 2009 }} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714055906/http://services.mcclatchyinteractive.com/detainees?page=3 mirror] </ref> Khan was one of three former captives who had an article profiling him.<ref name=MyrtleBeach20080618> {{cite news |url = http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/611/story/491372.html |title = U.S. hasn't apologized to or compensated ex-detainees |publisher = Myrtle Beach Sun |author = Tom Lasseter |author-link = Tom Lasseter |date = 18 June 2008 |accessdate = 18 June 2008 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://archive.today/20080619010921/http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/611/story/491372.html |archivedate = 19 June 2008 }} </ref><ref name=McClatchyPentagonDenied> {{cite news |url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38771.html |title=Pentagon declined to answer questions about detainees |publisher=McClatchy News Service |author=Tom Lasseter |author-link=Tom Lasseter |date=15 June 2008 |accessdate=20 June 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615214204/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38771.html |archivedate=15 June 2008 }} </ref><ref name=McClatchyDocumentsUndercut> {{cite news |url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38776.html |title=Documents undercut Pentagon's denial of routine abuse |publisher=McClatchy News Service |author=Tom Lasseter |author-link=Tom Lasseter |date=16 June 2008 |accessdate=20 June 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619001329/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38776.html |archivedate=19 June 2008 }} </ref><ref name=McClatchyDeckStacked> {{cite news |url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38887.html |title=Deck stacked against detainees in legal proceedings |publisher=McClatchy News Service |author=Tom Lasseter |author-link=Tom Lasseter |date=19 June 2008 |accessdate=20 June 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620122327/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38887.html |archivedate=20 June 2008 }} </ref><ref name=McClatchyAbuseRoutine> {{cite news |url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38775.html |title=U.S. abuse of detainees was routine at Afghanistan bases |publisher=McClatchy News Service |author=Tom Lasseter |author-link=Tom Lasseter |date=16 June 2008 |accessdate=20 June 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620001639/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38775.html |archivedate=20 June 2008 }} </ref><ref name=McClatchyCaptiveIjazKhan> {{cite news |url = http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/15 |title = Guantanamo Inmate Database: Ijaz Khan |publisher = Miami Herald |author = Tom Lasseter |author-link = Tom Lasseter |date = 15 June 2008 |accessdate = 17 June 2008 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080620105809/http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/15 |archivedate = 20 June 2008 }} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080620105759/http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/13 mirror] </ref>

Khan described being held in a crowded shipping container by General Dostum in Sherberghan, where many other captives died.<ref name=McClatchyCaptiveIjazKhan/> He acknowledged to the McClatchy interviewer that he traveled from Pakistan to Afghanistan to fight US forces. He was detained by Pakistani security officials for ten months after his repatriation.

According to the McClatchy article he was one of many fighters who surrendered to General Dostum's forces in November 2001.<ref name=McClatchyCaptiveIjazKhan/> He described brutal beatings while both in Dostum's custody and in American custody in Afghanistan. He described personally seeing Koran desecration.

Khan reported that he had great difficulty coping with his detention.<ref name=McClatchyCaptiveIjazKhan/> He reported he was experiencing difficulty coping with his release, and frequently lost his temper.{{fact|date=February 2023}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/the-guantanamo-files-website-extras-7-from-sheberghan-to-kandahar/ The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (7) – From Sheberghan to Kandahar] Andy Worthington *[http://www.mcclatchydc.com/guantanamo/ McClatchy News Service – video]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Ejaz Ahmad}} Category:Pakistani extrajudicial prisoners of the United States Category:Living people Category:Guantanamo detainees known to have been released Category:Year of birth missing (living people)