Amin al-Haq

Who is Amin al-Haq?

Doctor Amin al-Haq is an Afghan national and a trained doctor. He is reported to have been a former OBL bodyguard and a security coordinator.

Al-Haq was reported to have been captured in Lahore, Pakistan, in early January 2008. He was released from Pakistani custody in September 2011 citing a lack of evidence. Pakistani officicials stated that al-Haq's connections to al Qaeda "could not be proved," and he is also "not in good health." CBS News and National Public Radio cited al-Haq's release was a trigger for challenges of Pakistan's commitment to fight terrorism. However, British daily The Telegraph cites a senior Pakistani security official, who told the paper al-Haq was "arrested mistakenly, therefore, the police failed to prove any charge of his association with Osama bin Laden and the court set him free." Analyst Rahimullah Yusufzai speculated, "They could only have released him with the say so of America or if maybe there really was no evidence or he was not that important."