Abdul Jabar Sabet

After living in Montreal, Sabet returned to Afghanistan to work for a human rights organization, before being appointed special adviser at the Interior Ministry.

Sources close to President Hamid Karzai say that Sabet was promoted with U.S. support in exchange for giving positive comments about the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

[8] Following the raid, TOLO TV launched a formal complaint against Sabet and Co. "The complaint identifies at least 11 potential breaches of the law by Mr Sabet ... [and others], [for] the potential crimes ...of the utmost seriousness and directly affect issue of rule of law and sustainability of democracy in Afghanistan, especially given that they may be perpetrated by a person holding the highest operational legal position in Afghanistan.""

Among others Tolo TV's complaint requested the "immediate suspension of Mr Sabet and his co-workers implicated in the incident, including the Commander of District 10 Police pending the finalisation of investigations.

The Voice of America reported: His tough stand against corrupt officials and former warlords serving in President Hamid Karzai's government has earned him numerous enemies.

In January 2009 an article by Ahmad Majidyar of the American Enterprise Institute included on a list of fifteen possible candidates in the 2009 Afghan Presidential election.