Abdul Salam Zaeef
Abdul Salam Zaeef الحاج ملا عبدالسلام ضعيف | |
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Zaeef in 2020 | |
| Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan | |
| In office 2000–2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 (age 57–58) Zangiabad, Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Islamic and National Revolution Movement of Afghanistan Taliban |
Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef (/ˈæbdʊl səˈlɑːm zɑːˈiːf/ ⓘ; born 1967) is an Afghan affiliated with the Taliban political / militant organization and a former Afghan ambassador to Pakistan before the US invasion of Afghanistan.
He was detained in Pakistan in the fall of 2001 and held until 2005 in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp. The United Nations removed Zaeef from its list of terrorists in July 2010.