- Jan Mohammed
:"For other individuals name Jan Mohammed, or some variation thereof, see
Jan Mohammed (disambiguation) .Jan Mohammed Khan was the governor of
Oruzgan (also written "Uruzgan") province in southernAfghanistan from January 2002 to March 2006.cite news
url=http://www.arcent.army.mil/cflcc_today/2005/march/mar21_31.asp
title=CFLCC Today
publisher=United States Department of Defense
author=Coalition Forces Land Component Command
date=March 21 ,2005
accessdate=2007-11-30]He is a leader of Oruzgan's Pashtun Populzai tribe that put up fierce resistance to the Soviet invasion in the 1980s, and Khan earned a reputation as a fierce fighter who liberated
Tarin Kowt , Oruzgan's capital, from Soviet occupation. Khan was an ally of the Karzai family (who are also Pashtun Populzais), and PresidentHamid Karzai appointed him Oruzgan's governor in January 2002. Karzai and Khan remain friends. As governor, Khan earned a reputation as a scheming and corrupt leader and a major force in Oruzgan's flourishing opium poppy business. Khan is illiterate and demonstrated no administrative competency, often favoring his own Populzai tribe in legal and administrative decisions and enriching himself on public funds.In March 2006, President Karzai replaced Khan as governor with Abdul Hakim Munib. Khan took a senior position in the Ministry of Tribal & Border Affairs but continued to meddle in Oruzgan's politics, stirring instability, and seeking through his local allies to undermine the authority of Governor Munib.
Khan has four wives (a fifth was killed under unclear circumstances, though rumors suggest he may have murdered her), and approximately twenty-five children.
Arrested Guantanamo detainees
During their testimony before their
Combatant Status Review Tribunal s two cousins named
Nasrullah and Esmatullasaid that they were personally captured by Jan Mohammed at a checkpoint. [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_31_2145-2265.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)] , from Esmatulla's "Combatant Status Review Tribunal " - pages 90-106] They still don't know why they were stopped.Esmatulla was alleged to have plotted to kill Jan Mohammed's son. [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_31_2145-2265.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)] , from Esmatulla's "
Combatant Status Review Tribunal " - pages 90-106]References
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