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Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost is an Afghani who was detained in Camp Delta in the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. When military authorities gave the detained suspects Combatant Status Review Tribunals Dost was one of the thirty-eight who were determined to have been captured and detained in error, because they had never been "illegal combatants".



Life in Pakistan
Dost's family moved to Peshawar, Pakistan when Dost was young, and Afghanistan was at war. According to the BBC Dost grew up to be a respected religious scholar, poet, journalist part time gem dealer. Dost is the author of 19 books.

Dost is said to be a noteworthy satirist. His satires may have played a role in his arrest, and in his continued detention. According to the Washington Post, a prominent Pakistani cleric was the target of one of Dost's satires angered a prominent cleric, who he suspects retaliated by falsely denouncing him as associated with al Qaeda. Bill Clinton was the target of a 1998 satire. Clinton had offered a reward of $5 million for help capturing Osama bin Laden. In his satirical piece Dost offered a reward of five million Afghanis -- $113 -- for help capturing Clinton. Dost had to explain to his interrogators this was a joke, not a serious threat.

Dost is from the Pashtun ethnic group. The Pashtuns traditional home is a strip of territory that spanned the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dost and his brother, Badar Zaman Badar, were advocates of Pashtun nationalism.

Brother Badruzamman Badr Lived as exiles in Peshawar, Pakistan since 1975. family home in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, where they have lived as expatriates since 1975