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On 26 August 2008, the United States Department of State confirmed that the youth captured with Aafia Siddiqi on 17 July 2008 was her son, American citizen Ahmed Siddiqi. Ahmed was transferred to the custody of Pakistani security officials.
Aftab Siddiqui, Pakistani politician and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan; Ahmed Siddiqui (American youth) (born 1996), American of Pakistani descent who described being kidnapped with his mother and two younger siblings in March 2003
- Life in The Us
- Arrival in Pakistan, 2002
- Disappearance, March 2003
- President Asif Ali Zardari Request
- Reappearance and Capture, Ghazni Afghanistan, July 2008
- Transfer to The Custody of Pakistani Security Officials
- Return to The Custody of His Maternal Family
- First Public Statement
- References
Ahmed's parents had been students in the United States in the 1990s, where his mother Aafia Siddiqui earned a PhDin biochemistry. While living in the US his parents started a charity. They would later be identified as suspected terrorists. Ahmed and his younger sister were born in the US, and lived there until 2002, when his parents returned to Pak...
After the marraige broke up Aafia made a trip back to the United States, to look for an academic job. In March 2003 Aafia and all three children were living with relatives in Karachi, Pakistan.
Aafia and all three children disappeared during a trip to Karachi airport on March 23, 2003.Aafia's relatives went on record with their belief that her ex-husband's denunciations had led to the capture of Aafia and her children by security officials, and that they were being held in secret prisons.Her ex-husband claimed she was at large, living und...
According to the Arab News Pakistan's President, Asif Ali Zardari, had personally requested Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzaireturn Dr Aafia's children to their family in Pakistan.
In the summer of 2008 Aafia and a teenage boy were reported to have been apprehended by Afghan police.It was later confirmed that the teenage boy was her eldest son Ahmed.
On August 26 2008 The United States State Departmentconfirmed that the youth captured with Aafia Siddiqi on July 17, 2008 was her son, American citizen Ahmed Siddiqi. Ahmed was transferred to the custody of Pakistani security officials.Joanne Mariner, Director of Human Rights Watch, criticized Afghanistan officials for transferring Ahmed to Afghani...
Ahmed was returned to the custody of his maternal family, while his mother was taken to New York Cityto stand trial for attempted murder.The whereabouts of Ahmed's younger siblings remained a mystery.During her interrogations following her 2008 arrest Aafia described visions of her youngest son as an angel, as he had died in custody with her during...
In late August 2010, British journalist Yvonne Ridley, who had first reported that Aafia and her children had been held in the Bagram Theater internment facility reported that she had acquired a statement taken from Ahmed in 2008.She reported that the statement was taken from Ahmed by an American official when he was released. The statement is the ...
Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 "Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s son handed over to Pakistan". Chowrangi. 2008-09-15. http://www.chowrangi.com/dr-aafia-siddiquis-son-handed-over-to-pakistan.html. Retrieved 2010-08-24....Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 "FIRST PUBLIC STATEMENT FROM AAFIA’S SON ON HIS DISAPPEARANCE AND DETENTION". Justice for Aafia. 2010-08-24. http://www.justiceforaafia.org/articles/press-releases/604-fir...Jump up "Aafia’s abduction from Karachi, LHC told". Pakistan Tribune. 2010-08-03. http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?230177. Retrieved 2010-08-24. "He further said that Aafia’s son was al...Jump up "Afghanistan: Free Aafia Siddiqui's 11-Year-Old Son". Reuters. 2010-08-27. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/1280d03ef046c4a98d77f73ed6ad292b.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-22. "Accord...Ahmed Siddiqui (born 1996) is an American of Pakistani descent who described being kidnapped with his mother and two younger siblings in March 2003.
American people of Pakistani descent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to American people of Pakistani descent. This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Pakistani ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full.
Ahmed Siddiqui (born 1996) is an American of Pakistani descent who described being kidnapped with his mother and two younger siblings in March 2003. Life in the United States. Ahmed's parents had been students in the United States in the 1990s, where his mother Aafia Siddiqui earned a PhD in cognitive neuropsychology.
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Ahmed and his younger sister were born in the US, and lived there until 2002, when his parents returned to Pakistan, and their marriage broke up. Aafia was pregnant when the marriage broke up, and his younger brother was born in Pakistan in late 2002 or early 2003.
