Shahidullah Shahid
Shahidullah Shahid | |
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| Born | Sheikh Maqbool Orakzai |
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| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Other names | Abu Umar Maqbool al Khurasani |
Sheikh Maqbool Orakzai,[1] known as Shahidullah Shahid and later as Abu Umar Maqbool al Khurasani,[2] was a Pakistani Islamic militant who served in senior roles in both the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and in the Islamic State's province in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
History
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Shahid served as a top spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban since the group was formed in 2006.
Islamic State
On 21 October 2014 he was sacked by the Pakistani Taliban for his pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the Islamic State, which he had made a week prior.[3][4]
Death
On 9 July 2015, he was killed in an American airstrike in Dih Bala District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Gul Zaman, a militant commander from Pakistan’s Orakzai tribal region, was also killed in the strike.[5][6][7][8][9]
References
- ^ "Ex-TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid killed in US drone strike: report". Dawn News. 9 July 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Jaffrelot, Christopher. Pakistan at the Crossroads : Domestic Dynamics and External Pressures. Columbia University Press. p. 130.
- ^ "Pakistani Taliban sack influential spokesman as divisions grow". Reuters. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Pakistan Taliban sack spokesman Shahidullah Shahid for IS vow". bbc.co.uk. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Senior Pakistani Taliban leader killed drone strike". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Agency: ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed in airstrike". cnn.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ "Former TTP leader Shahidullah Shahid killed in US drone strike - The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. The Express Tribune. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Former TTP mouthpiece Shahidullah Shahid killed in US drone strike". dailypakistan.com.pk. Daily Pakistan. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Top ISIL leader in Afghanistan 'killed in drone strike'". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 19 July 2016.