Abdullah Gulam Rasoul

Who is Abdullah Gulam Rasoul?

Abdul Qayyum "Zakir", alias Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, is a citizen of Afghanistan previously held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 8. JTF-GTMO analysts estimate he was born in 1973, in Helmand, He grew up in northern Afghanistan.

The Times reports that he had been transferred from US custody in Guantanamo to Afghan custody in the American built wing of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison. On March 9, 2009, the Department of Defense reported that he had emerged as a Taliban leader following his release.

On March 4, 2010, the Associated Press reported he was under consideration to replace Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar as number two in the Taliban's chain of command, after his recent arrest in Pakistan.