Sakhi Dad Mujahid is the former Deputy Defence Minister of Afghanistan under Taliban rule,[1][2] and is believed to have controlled as many as 2000 militants following the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.
[3] The American-backed government of Hamid Karzai had offered him a chance to surrender himself and "reconcile" with the federal authorities.
[3] It's estimated that he spent a million dollars monthly on his band of insurgents following the ground war with the United States.
[1] Mujahid was captured in Uruzgan along with a colleague on July 6, 2004 through his use of a Thuraya satellite phone registered in Quetta.
[4] Sakhi Dad was captured based on the conclusion he had "broken his word" to cooperate with the Karzai government, and had been covertly leading a force of rebels.