From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pacha Khan Zadran
Pacha Khan Zadran
Son killed by Americans
On 24 March 2003 Carlotta Gall, writing in the New York
Times, reported that a Zadran spokesman claimed US spe-
cial forces killed Pacha Khan’s eldest son, and nine of his
men.[4]
Siege of Khost
Angered that his assistance to American forces had not
been rewarded, and his removal from Paktia, Zadran’s
forces quickly became a "renegade" force. In September
2002, they laid an unsuccessful siege to the city of
Khost.[2]
Arrested in Pakistan
Zadran was arrested by Pakistani security forces in
Pacha Khan Zadran November 2003. On February 3, 2004 he and his brother
Amanullah were brought to the border of Afghanistan
Pacha Khan Zadran (Pashto: )پاچا خان ځدراڼis a pow- and handed over to Afghan troops. They were then dri-
erful militia leader and a politician in the southeast of ven to Jalalabad Airport, and a helicopter took them to
Afghanistan. He was an ex Soviet-fighter militia leader Kabul.[2]
who played a role in driving the Taliban from Paktia
Province in the 2001 invasion, with American backing, Elected to Afghanistan’s legis-
and he subsequently assumed the governorship of the
province. In 2002, he engaged in a violent conflict with ri- lature
val tribal leaders in the province over the Governorship In 2005, he was elected to the Afghanistan’s legislature,
of the province, shelling Gardez City and obstructing two the Wolesi Jirga. According to the International Institute
separate appointed governors sent by Hamid Karzai. for Strategic Studies[5]:
Governor of Paktia "The disarmament commission reports that Pacha
Khan Zadran, a commander in southeastern Paktia
Zadran was one of the anti-Taliban warlords who attend- province who had surrendered weapons in order to
ed the December 2001 conference in Bonn Germany be allowed to stand as a candidate for the lower
which chose Hamid Karzai as President of the Afghan house, has not handed over all his weapons."
Transitional Authority.[1]
That month, Karzai appointed Zadran as governor of
the Paktia Province.[2] However, locals from the capital Guantanamo connection
of Gardez immediately began attacks against Zadran’s Four Guantanamo detainees Khan Zaman, his son Gul Za-
troops, leading the warlord to appoint his son Abdul man, his brother Abib Sarajuddin,and his neighbor Mo-
Wali, formerly an import-export manager of automobiles hammad Gul, were all captured on the night of January
in Dubai, as military commander of his 3,000 forces in the 21, 2002, early during the administration of Hamid
city. His younger son, Kamal, was already leading his fa- Karzai.[6] Sarajuddin had been anonymously denounced
ther’s troops in Khost.[3] to American intelligence officials, who believed a claim
He was chased out of office two months later - and that Sarajuddin had been the overnight host to a senior
a new governor was appointed. Zadran vowed to retake Taliban official, Jalaluddin Haqqani, as he fled the North-
the province, and his troops began launching rockets in- ern Alliance. American military intelligence had autho-
to the city to no avail.[2] rized a retaliatory attack on Sarajuddin, destroying his
house, and killing his wife and half a dozen family mem-
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February A bomb placed on Pacha Khan Zadran’s route failed to explode. [5]
24, 2006
December • An attack against Pacha Khan Zadran’s vehicle, attributed to the Taliban.[5]
22, 2006 • The attack was also attributed to one of Pacha Khan Zadran’s regional rivals, renegade militia leader
Maulvi Siraj-ud-Din Haqqani.[11][12]
• Pacha Khan Zadran’s son, grandson and bodyguard were passengers in the vehicle, and were injured,
as were five bystanders.[11][12] One injured individual subsequently died.
October A suicide bomber is reported to have rammed his motoorcycle into Pacha Khan Zadran’s car, killing
13, 2007 six.[5]
bers. The other three men were captured because they The Seattle Times also reports that American Special
owned passports, or were related to Sarajuddin. Forces believed Pacha Khan was extorting payments
Sarajuddin’s connection to Pacha Khan was that trib- from drivers on the Khost-Gardez highway.[9]
al elders had directed him to recruit fighters from his vil-
lage, and four neighboring villages, to fight under Zad-
ran, when the USA appealed to local leaders to overthrow
September 2007 meeting with
the Taliban. Dan McNeil, NATO commander
The four men’s capture occurred when Pacha Khan
NATO commander American General Dan McNeill inad-
Zadran was considered a firm US ally. But, two and a half
vertently triggered hostilities when he met with Zadran
years later, when Pacha Khan Zadran was considered a
in early September 2007.[10] McNeill’s intent was to get
renegade, Sarajuddin’s efforts to raise troops to serve un-
Zadran’s men to stop setting up roadblocks. Their unau-
der Pacha Khan Zadran, to overthrow the Taliban, was of-
thorized roadblocks were interfering with the activities
fered as a justification for classifying the four men as en-
of US troops. But Zadran’s rivals thought McNeill had
emy combatants.
come to personally arrest Zadran, and chose that mo-
ment to launch an impromptu sneak attack. Over fifty
Reports of banditry people were reported to have been killed.
Human Rights Watch, in a 2003 report entitled: "Killing
you is a very easy thing for us", quoted truck drivers who re- Assassination attempts
ported being robbed at roadblocks set up by Pacha Khan
Pacha Khan Zadran has been reported to have been the
Zadran’s men[7]:
subject of several assassination attempts.[5]
"I’ll tell you: The checkpoint on the way to Khost
took 200 Pakistani rupees [U.S.$2.50] from me. This Namesakes
was the checkpoint that belongs to Padsha Khan
On January 16, 2010, the Department of Defense was
Zadran.
forced to publish the names of the 645 captives held in
"Once I refused to pay, and they put a gun on
the Bagram Theater Internment Facility.[13] One of the
me, and they took the money by force. You cannot
individuals on the list was named "Pacha Khan".
say no to them."
Tribal forces captured Pacha Khan Zadran in Pakistan’s See also
Tribal Areas on December 1, 2003.[8] He was handed over
to Afghanistan’s officials at the Pakistan/Afghanistan • Ziauddin (Afghan militia leader)
border on February 3, 2004 in Nangarhar. Officials said • Abdullah Mujahid
the capture occurred with their cooperaion because his
forces had been setting up roadblocks on the roads in References
Paktia, and robbing travelers.
[1] ^ Kevin Sack, Craig Pyes (September 26, 2006).
The Seattle Times reports that American Special
"Cloak of secrecy hides abuse in Afghanistan".
Forces referred to Pacha Khan Zadran as "PKZ" [1] They
"PKZ".
Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/
report that in 2002 and 2003 the American Green Berets
html/nationworld/2003274095_torture25.html.
regarded PKZ as their main nemesis because they had
Retrieved 2007-10-22.
been caught in the crossfire between Zadran and his local
[2] ^ BBC News, Pakistan hands over Afghan rebel,
rivals.
February 5, 2004
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pacha Khan Zadran
Preceded by Province,
Governor of Paktia Province , Afghanistan Succeeded by
None 2001–2002 Taj Mohammad Wardak
[3] Christian Science Monitor, Badshah Khan Zadran, [11] ^ Habib Rahman Ibrahimi (December 22, 2006).
June 2002 "One killed, seven injured in suicide attack on MP".
[4] Carlotta Gall (2003-03-24). "U.S. Returns 18 Pajhwok Afghan News. http://pajhwok.com/
Guantánamo Detainees to Afghanistan". New York viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=29295. Retrieved
Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/24/ 2007-03-27.
international/asia/24CND- [12] ^ "Bomb blast kills 5 Afghan police". Washington
AFGH.html?ex=1172725200&en=b13081d61c2d2e60&ei=5070. Post. 2006-12-22.
Retrieved 2007-02-27. "In another development, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
United States special forces killed the eldest son of content/article/2006/12/22/
a notorious warlord, Padsha Khan Zadran, and nine AR2006122200130.html. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
of his men in a clash on Sunday southeast of Kabul, "Alishah Paktiawal, from the police crime branch ...
a spokesman for Mr. Zadran said today. The United said the assassination attempt had come just a day
States military confirmed the clash, but said only or so after police foiled another death plot against
one of the rebels had been killed." the politician."
[5] ^ "Armed Conflict Database: Afghanistan [13] "Bagram detainees". Department of Defense.
Timeline". International Institute for Strategic 2009-09-22. Archived from the original on
Studies. October 15, 2007. http://acd.iiss.org/ 2010-01-17. http://www.webcitation.org/
armedconflict/Mainpages/ query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aclu.org%2Ffiles%2Fassets%2Fba
dsp_ConflictTimeline.asp?DisplayYear=1&ConflictID=181&YearID=610.
Retrieved 2007-10-22.
[6] John F. Burns (2002-02-02). "Villagers Say Errors by
External links
U.S. Causing Grief For Innocent". New York Times. • Padsha Khan Zadran collected news and
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/ commentary at The New York Times
fullpage.html?res=9A07E5DF153DF931A35751C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all.
Persondata
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[7] "Killing you is a very easy thing for us" (PDF).
Human Rights Watch. July 2003. p. 40. Alternative
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/ names
afghanistan0703/afghanistan0703.pdf. Retrieved Short de- Militia leader and politician in the
2007-10-22. scription southeast of Afghanistan
[8] "Pakistanis Turn Over Wanted Warlord". Securisk. Date of
February 5, 2004. Archived from the original on birth
2008-02-09. http://web.archive.org/web/
Place of
20080209233634/http://www.securisk.com/alerts/
birth
alertdisplay2.asp?Country=Afghanistan. Retrieved
2007-10-22. Date of
[9] Gung-ho rogue troops add torture to their arsenal, death
Seattle Times, September 26, 2006 Place of
[10] Kathy Gannon (September 4, 2007). "Allies in fight death
against terror at war with each other". St
Augustine Times. http://www.staugustine.com/
stories/091102/wor_977033.shtml. Retrieved
2007-10-21.
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