Samoud Khan is a former Afghan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 militia commander from Logar Province.

Asadullah Rahman, the youngest Guantanamo detainee, recounted being apprehended in Samoud's compound when it was raided by American troops.
Asadullah described being sold into servitude to Samoud, when he was about ten years old. By day he worked in Samoud's kitchen. Asadullah said that, by night, he was forced to perform sexual services for Samoud's men.

The San Francisco Chronicle

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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.

During his Combatant Status Review Tribunal

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 a young Guantanamo detainee

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 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

Bagram

Bagram , founded as Alexandria on the Caucasus and known in medieval times as Kapisa, is a small town and seat in Bagram District in Parwan Province of Afghanistan, about 60 kilometers north of the capital Kabul. It is the site of an ancient city located at the junction of the Ghorband and Panjshir...

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Another Guantanamo detainee, Mohabet Khan

Mohabet Khan

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, 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

Shardar Khan

Shardar Khan is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.Shardar Khan's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 914....

 acknowledged working as a bodyguard for Samound.
He testified that Samoud's local enemy was another militia leader named Abdul Ali, who had murdered Samoud's son.