Rozi Khan was a Pashtun Barakzai tribal leader in the Afghanistan province of Orūzgān.
[3] In 2001 he was appointed police chief of Orūzgān province by President Karzai, a position he held until 2006.
[4] Rozi Khan was killed by friendly fire on 17 September 2008[3] in the town of Chora in firefight involving Australian SAS soldiers (part of the NATO-backed ISAF).
Rozi received a phone call from a friend who said his home was surrounded by armed men and he feared the Taliban had come to kill him.
There were several armed groups out that night, including Afghan National Police and an Australian special forces patrol.