Twice Mr. Sagheer was detained in solitary confinement, first for eight and then sixteen days, in a special darkened cell where cold air was blown through the cell, chilling the prisoner as punishment for not facilitating the investigation of Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin-Laden. He was interrogated more than 19 times but continued to deny any knowledge of either group, the World Trade Center disaster, or terrorist activities. After nearly a year, a U.S. General informed him and a few other prisoners that they had been found to be innocent and would soon be released.
He and other prisoners were then taken into separate rooms, fingerprinted, photographed and informed that they would be compensated for their detention. After 12 days in shackles and chains, Mr. Sagheer and three other prisoners were taken to an airport and loaded on a U.S. military plane for transport to Pakistan. Again, during the 24 hour flight he was given just a sandwich and an apple. The day before Ramadan 2002, he arrived at Bagram airport in Afghanistan and was then flown to Islamabad arriving in Pakistan on October 27, 2002. He was turned over to the CIA and intelligence agencies who held him for five days and promised $2000 compensation. He was taken by the CIA and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) to Peshawar where he was held two days longer and given $100 as compensation for illegally being detained by the U.S. Government for nearly one year. On November 4, 2002, he was released in Peshawar to local authorities who returned him to his family in the town of Phattan in the mountains of Kohistan.
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He and other prisoners were then taken into separate rooms, fingerprinted, photographed and informed that they would be compensated for their detention. After 12 days in shackles and chains, Mr. Sagheer and three other prisoners were taken to an airport and loaded on a U.S. military plane for transport to Pakistan. Again, during the 24 hour flight he was given just a sandwich and an apple. The day before Ramadan 2002, he arrived at Bagram airport in Afghanistan and was then flown to Islamabad arriving in Pakistan on October 27, 2002. He was turned over to the CIA and intelligence agencies who held him for five days and promised $2000 compensation. He was taken by the CIA and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) to Peshawar where he was held two days longer and given $100 as compensation for illegally being detained by the U.S. Government for nearly one year. On November 4, 2002, he was released in Peshawar to local authorities who returned him to his family in the town of Phattan in the mountains of Kohistan.
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