Dilawar (torture victim), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Afghan torture victim
Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1979
Place of Birth: Khost, Afghanistan
Date of Death: 10-Dec-2002
Profession: chauffeur / chauffeuse
Nationality: Afghanistan
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Dilawar (torture victim)
- Dilawar (born c.
- 1979 – December 10, 2002), also known as Dilawar of Yakubi, was an Afghan taxi driver who was tortured to death by US army soldiers at the Bagram Collection Point, a US military detention center in Afghanistan. He arrived at the prison on December 5, 2002, and was declared dead 5 days later.
- His death was declared a homicide and was the subject of a major investigation by the US Army of abuses at the prison.
- It was prosecuted in the Bagram torture and prisoner abuse trials.
- American award-winning documentary Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) focuses on the murder of Dilawar.
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