Afghan Biographies

Name:

Muhammad Rahim al Afghani

Ethnic:
Pashtun
Date of birth:
1958
Function/Grade:
Last afghan Guantanamo Prisoner
History and Biodata:

3. Biodata:
Mohamed Rahim Abdul Rahim Isaac Rahim was born 1958 , other sources say 1965, in Saparikhel, Jaghatu District, Ghazni Provinnce. Rahim worked in the Taliban Ministry  Intelligence office in Kabul, AF, as the Chief of Logistics for over two years. He supervised approximately seven men and reported directly to Mohammed Ibrahim, who in turn, reported to Abdul Haq Waziq, ISN US9AF-000004DP (AF-004), First Deputy Chief in the Ministry of Intelligence, and Modir Ghulam Hasan, Chief of Staff. Rahim denied that he ever worked for any aspect ofTaliban intelligence. He claimed he only kept financial records of expenditures made by the “cooperative.” He claimed never to have carried a weapon during the course of his normal duties and stated that the only time he fired a weapon was during ceremonial events, never in combat.
 

Muhammad Rahim  is an Afghan national who is held in captivity by the United States Government at Guantanamo Bay. He worked for an Afghan government committee that worked to eliminate opium poppies from the nation. He was forced to leave his job by the Taliban. In 1979, Rahim fled Afghanistan with his brother over the border of Pakistan. Their departure was triggered by the Soviet Union invasion into Afghanistan.

 

Pakistan turned Rahim over to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for interrogation regarding Rahim's interactions with the Taliban. In CIA custody, Rahim was subjected to long periods of sleep deprivation and other methods of torture as part of the Rendition, Detention and Interrogation (RDI) Program.He was the last known person to be admitted subject to the CIA's RDI program.

After several months of CIA interrogations and torture, however, Rahim, in March 2008, was sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where he is held in extrajudicial detention. Described as a "tough, seasoned jihadist" by the head of the CIA, Rahim was accused of helping Osama bin Laden escape capture as well as working as bin Laden's translator and assistant.

Rahim is the last prisoner to have been sent to Guantanamo. Despite his seventeen years in Guantanamo, no charges have been made against Muhammad Rahim. The US military has stated that it has no intention of trying him in a military commission. The United States government, through the Periodic Review Secretariat, announced that it does not intend to recommend his release. Accordingly, he is a "forever prisoner." He is reportedly not a possible candidate for an exchange peace deal.(20260327)

Last modified:
27 March 2026
Established:
25 June 2022