Sadik Ahmad Turkistani

Who is Sadik Ahmad Turkistani?

Sadik Ahmad Turkistani is an ethnic Uyghur born and raised in Taif, Saudi Arabia and an opponent of the Taliban. Held by the Taliban in Kandahar prison in Afghanistan, he was briefly freed when they were overthrown in late 2001.

One of the Kandahar Five, he was taken into custody by the Americans and shipped to Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Cuba in early 2002, where he was treated as an enemy combatant. Finally he was cleared for release in late 2005. He was repatriated to Saudi Arabia on June 24, 2006.