Samoud Khan


Samoud Khan is a former Afghan militia commander from Logar Province. He is said to be a pro-American commander.

Mousauwal Compound

Samoud Khan is notorious for its compound where many young men witnessed having been detained, sexually abused and forced to work :
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 on Samoud Khan' s whereabouts.