Afghanistan’s ‘torturer and chief’ lives in the LA suburbs

The man known as the "torturer in chief" for Afghanistan's secret service, who disappeared in 2009, has turned up in the must unusual place: suburban Los Angeles.

The Washington Post is reporting that Haji Gulalai, also known as Kamal Achakzai, has been accommodated in the US in "murky" circumstances.

The State Department and the Department of Homeland Security have not commented on his case, citing privacy concerns. A spokesman for the CIA told the paper that the agency had no role in the relocation.

Gulalai is reported to be living in a rented house with family members on the suburban outskirts of Los Angeles — a place the paper described as reminiscent of the Afghan city of Kandahar, with its dry heat and brown hills.

The paper said it was unclear how Gulalai is supporting himself – he is unemployed – although a source said the family owned property assets in Afghanistan.

Gulalai headed up Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) in the early 2000s and developed a fearsome reputation for mistreating prisoners.

"He was the torturer in chief" a senior Western diplomat told The Washington Post.

The Washington Post also quoted a secret memo circulated among unnamed UN officials and Western diplomats in late 2007 which stated Gulalai was responsible for the "systemic" abuse of NDS prisoners.

His methods included beating prisoners, suspending them from ceilings, fastening them in handcuffs for long periods and "sleep deprivation for as long as thirteen days" according to the memo.

Prisoners look out from behind bars in the municipal prison of Kandahar, Afghanistan where Gulalai was based.Photo: AP

A Kandahar resident who was imprisoned by the NDS for several months in 2002 told the newspaper he was beaten up every night, and was only released after his family paid 3000 Pakistani rupees.

Interrogators called him "a personal detainee of Gulalai," the man said.

US immigration law does not permit asylum for "those who have persecuted others", the paper stated.

Gulalai and family refused to respond to inquiries from The Washington Post.

This article originally appeared on News.com.au.

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