Samiullah Jalatzai

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| detained_at = Bagram

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On January 15, 2010, the Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a list of Captives held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility that included the name Samiullah Jalatzai.

{{cite web

|url = https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/bagramdetainees.pdf

|title = Bagram detainees

|publisher = Department of Defense

|date = 2009-09-22

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100124143455/http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/bagramdetainees.pdf

|archivedate = 2010-01-24

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{{cite news

|url = http://www.truthout.org/dark-revelations-bagram-prisoner-list56189

|title = Dark Revelations in the Bagram Prisoner List

|publisher = truthout

|date = 2010-01-19

|author = Andy Worthington

|author-link = Andy Worthington

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100123162707/http://www.truthout.org/dark-revelations-bagram-prisoner-list56189

|archivedate = 2010-01-23

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{{cite news

|url = http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/bagram-the-first-ever-prisoner-list-the-annotated-version/

|title = Bagram: The First Ever Prisoner List (The Annotated Version)

|date = 2010-01-26

|author = Andy Worthington

|author-link = Andy Worthington

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100131233933/http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/bagram-the-first-ever-prisoner-list-the-annotated-version/

|archivedate = 2010-01-31

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According to the International Press Service he and his brother Sighatullah Jalatzai have had habeas corpus petitions filed on their behalf.

{{cite news

|url = https://www.aclu.org/national-security/aclu-files-habeas-corpus-petitions-behalf-four-bagram-detainees

|title = ACLU Files Habeas Corpus Petitions On Behalf Of Four Bagram Detainees

|publisher = American Civil Liberties Union

|date = 2010-02-26

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100304020610/http://www.aclu.org/national-security/aclu-files-habeas-corpus-petitions-behalf-four-bagram-detainees

|archivedate = 2010-03-04

|quote = One of the petitions filed today is on behalf of Afghan brothers Sibghatullah Jalatzai, who was a translator for the U.S. military for four years before his detention nearly 20 months ago, and Samiullah Jalatzai, who was arrested without explanation at his workplace nearly 23 months ago.

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{{cite news

|url = http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50499

|title = US-AFGHANISTAN: Habeas Challenges for Bagram Prisoners

|publisher = Inter Press Service

|date = 2010-03-01

|author = William Fisher

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100303103420/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50499

|archivedate = 2010-03-03

|accessdate = 2010-02-02

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Samiullah was apprehended in his home without explanation, in February 2008.

His brother Sibghatullah had worked as a translator for the US military, until his unexplained capture in mid-2008.

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