Muhammad Ismail Agha

Who is Muhammad Ismail Agha?

Muhammad Ismail Agha is an Afghan national who was among some 15-21 juveniles held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps. Believed to be age 12-13 when arrested by Afghan militia soldiers, he was said to be the youngest detainee held at the camps. The Afghans traded him to U.S. forces in December 2002 for $10 US dollars. Detained without charge, he was released on January 29, 2004 and returned home.

He was among 200 detainees released in early 2004, before the United States Supreme Court ruled in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld that detainees were entitled to challenge their detention and classification as enemy combatants before an impartial tribunal.