Origins: Mullah Mohammad Fazl is a former Taliban Deputy Defense Minister who was reportedly responsible for the . killing of thousands of Shi'a Afghans between 1996 and 2001. He was classified as ...

Mullah Mohammad Fazl commanded the main force fighting the U.S.-backed Northern Alliance in 2001, and served as chief of army staff under the Taliban regime.

Mohammad Fazl, who served as the Taliban’s army chief of staff and deputy defense minister prior to his detention at Guantánamo, did not have a hand in planning the actual 9/11 hijackings. Along with ...

Mohammad Fazl (second from left) is welcomed at an undisclosed location in Qatar following his release from Guantanamo Bay. AFP/Getty One of the five Guantánamo detainees released as part of the ...

Four of the five Taliban members released from Guantanamo Bay by the Obama administration in 2014 in exchange for deserter Bowe Bergdahl are part of the Islamic fundamentalist group's new government.

Amerine referred to the release of the so-called "Taliban Five" consisting of former Guantanamo Bay detainees Abdul Haq Wasiq, Norullah Noori, Mohammad Fazl, Khairullah Khairkhwa and Mohammad Nabi ...