Zaiwalat , also Zaywalāyat or Zywlayt (Pashto: زیولایت) is a subdistrict and village of Jalrez District , Maidan Wardak Province , Afghanistan. It lies along the Kabul-Behsud Highway , to the west of Kot-e Ashro and to the east of the town of Jalrez . As of 2010 the village itself had a population of about 300 people. It is inhabited mainly by Pashtuns and is a producer of fruit, with extensive orchards in the vicinity.
4-457: In 2009, American convoys were ambushed by the Taliban in the predominantly Pashtun village of Zaiwalat. The US retaliated and invaded the village at 3.15am on November 19, 2009, capturing nine locals, including Habib ur-Rahman, a suspected Talibanist, and taking them by helicopter to Rish-Khor for a three-day interrogation. As of 2010 the village had an estimated people of about 300 people. In 2014,
8-453: A 12 metres (39 ft) bridge was built in Zaiwalat. In September 2016, 11 men from the village were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen. After 20 days, a group from the village retaliated with an armed attack, capturing six people, leading to the release of the 11 hostages. The area is a producer of fruit, such as apples, apricots and peaches, with extensive orchards in Zaiwalat. The main school
12-791: A steel shipping container, when not being interrogated. His interrogators accused the villagers of giving food and shelter to the Taliban . Even though Rehmatullah Muhammad says he was then forwarded to the United States' Bagram Theater Internment Facility —where he was held for a further four months, Gopal reports the US military has denied all knowledge of a detention facility at Rish Khor. According to Gopal: "Afghan human-rights campaigners worry that US forces may be using secret detention sites like Rish Khor to carry out interrogations away from prying eyes. The US military, however, denies even having knowledge of
16-656: Is Zaiwalat High School. and more Rish-Khor Rish Khor is a prison on an Afghan military base that former captives report was run by Americans . Anand Gopal , writing in the Asia Times , quoted Rehmatullah Muhammad , one of nine men from a mountain village named Zaiwalat in Wardak who recounted being seized by Americans in a midnight raid in 2009, and then being taken to Rish Khor for interrogation. He said his American interrogators did not wear uniforms, and that he and his fellow villagers were handcuffed and locked in
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