Taj Mohammed

Taj Mohammed is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 902. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimate Mohammed was born in 1981. He was repatriated in 2006.

Press reports According to the Associated Press, the allegations against Nasir, in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, was accused of being a member of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba -- The Army of the Pure.

Mohammed told his Tribunal: ''"I was a shepherd, and I never can even go out very much, and I was always with my goats on the mountain, These are all lies about me." Taj Mohammed was one of the former captives who had an article profiling him.

Taj Mohammed reported being sexually harassed during his interrogations. He worked as a translator. He was reported to be surprisingly fluent in both English and Spanish—learned in Guantanamo.

Namesakes On January 16, 2010, the Department of Defense was forced to publish the names of the 645 captives held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility. One of the individuals on the list was named Taj Mohammed.