| Sabar Lal Melma | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Arrested | 2002-08 US Forces |
| Released | 2007-08 |
| Citizenship | Afghanistan |
| Detained at | BTIF, Guantanamo |
| ISN | 801 |
| Charge(s) | extrajudicial detention |
| Status | repatriated, killed |
| Spouse | two wives |
| Children | nine children |
Sabar Lal Melma (1962 – 3 September 2011) was a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] Sabar Lal Melma's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 801. American intelligence analysts estimate that Sabar Lal Melma was born in 1962, at Darya-e-Pech, Afghanistan.
According to Ray Riviera of the New York Times, Sabar's killing angered officials on the Afghanistan High Peace Council, a body appointed by Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to address Taliban fighters. The Peace Council believed they had secured assurances that coalition forces would stop bothering Sabar Lal Melma, and they believed his killing would frighten other Taliban fighters from defecting. A spokesman for the NATO-led military coalition said that security forces had never "detained him or had him in custody" until the operation that resulted in his death.[2]
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf) Archived 2010-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ^ Ray Riviera (2011-09-04). "Anger After a Raid Kills a Wealthy Afghan With a Murky Past". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-09-04.