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Haider Ghulam HAIDERY, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
    Nos. 03-72995, [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted Dec. 9, 2004.
    Decided Dec. 30, 2004.
    Vicky J. Dobrin, Dobrin & Han, LLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.
    Regional Counsel, Western Region Immigration & Naturalization Service, Laguna Niguel, CA, WWS — District Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Office of the District Counsel, Seattle, WA, Emily A. Radford, Esq., Blair T. O’Con-nor, DOJ — U.S. Department of Justice, Joanne E. Johnson, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
    Before HAWKINS, THOMAS, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
   MEMORANDUM

Haider Ghulam Haidery, a citizen of Afghanistan, seeks withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) relief. The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) found Haidery removable because he entered the United States on a fraudulent passport. The IJ denied Haidery’s application for withholding of removal and CAT relief.

Although the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirmed the IJ’s decision, the basis for the BIA’s affirmation is unclear. We grant the petition for review and remand to the BIA to clarify whether it adopted the IJ’s credibility determination and to clarify the basis for the denial of withholding of removal and CAT relief. See Cardozar-Fonseca v. INS, 767 F.2d 1448, 1455 (9th Cir.1985), aff'd on other grounds, 480 U.S. 421, 107 S.Ct. 1207, 94 L.Ed.2d 434 (1987).

PETITION GRANTED and REMANDED. 
      
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