Omar Khalid

Omar Khalid عمر خالد
Years of service 2007–
Battles/wars War in North-West Pakistan
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Omar Khalid Khorasani

Omar Khalid (Urdu:عمر خالد), also known as Omar Khalid Khorasani was the commander of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Mohmand Agency. He was considered one of TTP's most effective and powerful leaders in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.[1] His real name is Abdul Wali.[2] He was ousted by Maulana Fazlullah for forming "dubious" organizations such as Junad-i-Hafza, Ahrar-ul-Hind and now the splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (which he currently leads).[3]

Omar Khalid gained prominence in Mohmand during the summer of 2007 after seizing the shrine of a famous anti-colonialist fighter in the village of Ghazi Abad and renaming it Lal Masjid (Red Mosque), after the radical mosque in Islamabad whose followers had attempted to impose sharia in the Pakistani capital.[4] In July 2008, Khalid became the dominant Taliban commander in Mohmand after defeating the Shah Khalid group (also known as Shah Sahib group), a rival pro-Taliban militant group associated with Lashkar-e-Toiba.[5] He was involved in most deadly 2014 Peshawar school attack.[6]

On March 12, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar announced that it was rejoining the Pakistani Taliban.[7]

Omar Khorasani was killed in a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan on 9 July 2016.[8]

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References

  1. ↑ Roggio, Bill (19 June 2011). "Pakistan claims 25 Taliban fighters killed in Mohmand airstrikes". Long War Journal. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Mahmood, Javed (5 December 2012). "TTP leader readies deadly suicide squad of ‘Jannati Khawateen’". Pakistan Observer. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/1130446
  4. ↑ Peter Bergen & Katherine Tiedemann (2013). Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion. Oxford University Press. p. 371. ISBN 9780199893096.
  5. ↑ Roggio, Bill (17 May 2010). "The Pakistani Taliban's top leaders". Long War Journal. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  6. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pakistan-peshawar-taliban-kills-army-schoolchildren-many-killed-hostages-bomb-blast/1/407109.html
  7. ↑ "Pakistani splinter group rejoins Taliban amid fears of isolation". Reuters. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Peshawar school massacre mastermind confirmed dead in drone attack: ISPR". The Express Tribune. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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