Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani
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Muhammad Jafar Jamal al-Kahtani (born 1973) is a citizen of
Schmitt and Golden reported "Intelligence officials gave differing views on the importance of Mr. Kahtani.[2] One official described him as having been responsible at one point for maintaining Al Qaeda's operational support structure in Afghanistan; another said he was an important Qaeda fighter, but not a senior-level operative."
Al-Kaktani and the other three men were being held in Cell 119, Bagram, an isolation cell, with four other men.[2] Schmitt and Golden reported that it had been planned to transfer the four men to the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba.
Al-Kahtani appeared in a video released by al Qaeda later in 2005.[3]
American officials issued a statement on November 6, 2006 that a ""known al Qaeda operative and five other extremists" had been captured in an operation in Khost Province.[5]
On November 13, 2006,
Al-Kahtani was extradited to Saudi Arabia on April 29, 2007.[8][9]
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"U.S. military: senior al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan nabbed". Xinhua. 2006-11-14. Archived from the originalon 2012-11-02.
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