Shai Jahn Ghafoor

There are multiple individuals named Abdul Ghaffar. Maulvi Abdul Ghaffar (1969 – September 25, 2004) was an Afghan who was held by the United States in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 363. He was released and repatriated to Afghanistan on March 23, 2003.

Maulvi Abdul Ghaffar has been cited as an example of a Guantanamo detainee who tricked their way out of imprisonment, so they could "return to the battlefield." Vice President Dick Cheney cited Ghaffar as a justification for continuing to detain suspects at Guantanamo.

Ghaffar was captured about two months after the US Invasion of Afghanistan, and according to various accounts, he was only held by the Americans for eight months.

After his release, Ghaffar served as a leader within the Taliban.

Ghaffar was killed along with two of his men in a gun battle during a raid on the night of September 25, 2004, in the village of Pishi, Uruzgan province. Ghaffar was believed to have been the Taliban commander for Uruzgan and Helmand provinces.