- published: 12 Nov 2011
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Gul Rahman was a suspected Afghan militant and torture victim who died in a secret CIA prison in northern Kabul, Afghanistan known as the Salt Pit.
Gul Rahman was captured on October 29, 2002 during an operation against Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin. He was reportedly arrested with physician Ghairat Baheer, the son-in-law of warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and a leader of the insurgent faction Hezb-e-Islami. He had traveled from Peshawar to Islamabad, Pakistan for a medical checkup when he was arrested at the home of Ghairat Baheer, and subsequently flown to Afghanistan.
A former U.S. official said Rahman was violent and uncooperative while in custody at the Salt Pit. Rahman threatened to kill his guards, who responded by beating him, according to several former Central Intelligence Agency officials.Gul Rahman reportedly died on November 20, 2002 after being stripped naked from the waist down and shackled to a cold cement wall in the Salt Pit, where temperatures were approximately 36° Fahrenheit/2° Celsius.