# Juma Khan

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{{Short description|Afghani drug lord}}
{{for | the individual held in Guantanamo | Afghan captives in Guantanamo}}
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| name                = Juma Khan<br />{{nq|جمعه خان}}
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| birth_place      = [Nimruz Province](/source/Nimruz_Province), [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan)
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| place_of_arrest     = USA
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'''Juma Khan''' is an  ethnic [Baloch](/source/Baloch_people) drug lord from [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan)'s southern [Nimruz Province](/source/Nimruz_Province).<ref>{{cite news | author-link = Declan Walsh | first = Declan |last = Walsh | url = https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/16/drugstrade.afghanistan | title = Flower power | work = [The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) | date = August 16, 2008 }}</ref>

Juma Khan was an illiterate provincial [Baloch](/source/Baloch_people) drug smuggler from [Nimruz Province](/source/Nimruz_Province) in southwestern Afghanistan in the 1990s. He suddenly rose to national prominence after the [American-led invasion of Afghanistan](/source/United_States_invasion_of_Afghanistan). He was briefly detained by American forces after the 2001 fall of the Taliban and released, even though American officials knew that he was involved in narcotics trafficking.<ref name=Nytimes2010-12-12>{{cite news | author-link = James Risen |first=James |last=Risen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/world/asia/12drugs.html?pagewanted=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a2 |title=Propping Up a Drug Lord, Then Arresting Him | work = [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) | page = A1| date=December 11, 2010 | quote = Now, plea negotiations are quietly under way. A plea bargain might keep many of the details of his relationship to the United States out of the public record. }}</ref> After being released, he inexplicably seized control of the town of [Bahramcha](/source/Bahramcha) in the Chagai Hills on the Pakistan-Iran-Afghanistan border in late 2001 and turned it into a hub of drug smuggling and [gun running](/source/gun_running) into Pakistan and Iran.

His organization was designated as a [Narcotics Kingpin](/source/Narcotics_Kingpin) under the [SDN](/source/Specially_Designated_Nationals_and_Blocked_Persons_List) by the [United States Department of the Treasury](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury)'s [Office of Foreign Assets Control](/source/Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Control), with addresses in Pakistan and Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HAJI JUMA KHAN ORGANIZATION |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=11502 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}</ref>

In 2008, he was detained for unknown reasons in Indonesia and transported to New York. He was quietly released on April 20, 2018, without any pending charges or a trial.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|title=Inmate Locator}}</ref><ref name="Intercept">{{cite news |first=Jhonny |last=Dwyer |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/05/01/haji-juma-khan-afghanistan-drug-trafficking-cia-dea/ |title=The U.S. Quietly Released Afghanistan's "Biggest Drug Kingpin" From Prison. Did He Cut a Deal?|publisher=The Intercept }}</ref> No official explanation was provided.

==See also==
*[Bashir Noorzai](/source/Bashir_Noorzai)

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/ "Fierce factional fighting reported in northwestern Afghanistan"] ''Deutsche Presse-Agentur'' March 26, 2003. ''Lexis-Nexis'' September 10, 2003
*[http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/ "Afghan government probes killings in northwest"] ''Agence France Presse'' May 1, 2003. ''Lexis Nexis'' September 10, 2003
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030804233505/http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/apr2003-daily/06-04-2003/main/main10.htm "Ex-Taliban governor held in Afghanistan"] April 6, 2003. ''The News'' September 10, 2003

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Category:Baloch people
Category:Taliban members
Category:Living people
Category:Afghan drug traffickers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
Category:People sanctioned under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

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