Samoud Khan

Samoud Khan (also known as Sammoud Khan, or Commander Sammoud) is an Afghan former militia commander from Logar Province. He is said to have been a pro-American commander.

Mousauwal Compound Samoud's Mousauwal Compound is notorious for its many young men having been detained, sexually abused and forced to work: Asadullah Rahman, the youngest Guantanamo detainee, recounted being apprehended in Samoud's compound when it was raided by American troops. During his Combatant Status Review Tribunal a young Guantanamo detainee named Habib Rahman, who acknowledged working as a cook for Samoud, told his Tribunal that they could ask Samoud their questions himself, as he was still a prisoner in Bagram. Another Guantanamo detainee, Mohabet Khan, said he was forcibly conscripted into Samoud's forces shortly before Samoud's compound was captured by the Americans. A third Guantanamo detainee, Shardar Khan acknowledged working as a bodyguard for Samoud. He testified that Samoud's local enemy was another militia leader named Abdul Ali, who had murdered Samoud's son.

The San Francisco Chronicle quoted Mohammed Sabir, a local police official who confirmed that "Commander Samoud" was not associated with the Taliban, that he was a simple criminal who terrorized the nearby villages, and whose gang numbered about thirty men.

In 2003, an Afghan, Mohammed Khan, was detained in Guantanamo because of his knowledge of Samoud Khan's whereabouts.