Muhammad Rahim al Afghani

Muhammad Rahim (born 1965) is an Afghan national who is held in captivity by the United States Government at Guantanamo Bay.

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.

[11] He was captured in Lahore, Pakistan, in June 2007, and tortured by the CIA as part of the Rendition Detention and Interrogation Program until his transfer to Guantanamo on or about 28 March 2008.

The Pentagon classified him as a high value detainee, an appellation he shared with the 14 captives transferred from the CIA on 6 September 2006, and with Abdul Hadi al Iraqi.

That press release stated: Muhammad Rahim al-Afghani was a close associate of Usama bin Ladin and had ties to al-Qaida organizations throughout the Middle East.

He became one of bin Ladin's most trusted facilitators and procurement specialists prior to his detention.While in Guantanamo Bay, Muhammad Rahim is being detained in Camp 7, a place for men who are deemed "'high value' detainees by the US Government.

[19] According to the BBC, in an interview with Reuters in January 2002, Rahim described how the Taliban's senior leader escaped two American missile strikes.

Warner has filed a civil writ of habeas corpus seeking Rahim's release because of the lack of charges against his client after five years of detention.

[20] In August 2009, formerly classified documents about the CIA's use of torture were made public when the judicial branch upheld Freedom of Information Act requests.