Dadullah (Pakistani Taliban)

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Dadullah
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Mullah Dadullah
Born
Jamal Said

c. 1965
Died24 August 2012 (46-47)
Shaigal Aw Shiltan District, Afghanistan
Cause of death NATO airstrike
NationalityPakistani

Jamal Said (c. 1965 - 24 August 2012) [1] better known by the nom de guerre Mullah Dadullah [2] and also Maulana Mohammad Jamal, [3] was a senior member of the Pakistani Taliban. He was self-proclaimed Taliban leader in Pakistan's northern Bajaur Agency. [4] He was killed in a NATO airstrike in the Shigal wa Sheltan District of Afghanistan's neighbouring Kunar Province on 24 August 2012. [3] [5] [6] [7] His deputy and ten Taliban fighters were also killed in the strike. [3]

Born in Khar, Bajaur, he received his religious education in Panjpir [8] and was a former prayer leader before he became a Taliban commander. [2] It was reported by AP that Dadullah became leader of the group after Bajur's former Pakistani Taliban leader, Maulvi Faqir Mohammed, fled to Afghanistan to avoid Pakistani army operations. [4] He was succeeded by Maulana Abu Bakr. [1] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Mohmand, Mureeb (26 August 2012). "TTP confirms death of its Bajaur chief". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 Walsh, Declan (25 August 2012). "NATO Says Pakistani Militant Commander Killed in Afghanistan". The New York Times. Islamabad. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Roggio, Bill (25 August 2012). "Bajaur Taliban leader, deputy killed in airstrike in eastern Afghanistan". Long War Journal. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Senior Taliban leader among those killed in Afghanistan air strike". The Guardian. AP. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Afghan Air Strike Kills Senior Pakistani Taliban Leader". Radio Free Europe. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "ISAF Joint Command morning operational update". ISAF Joint Command. 25 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah dies in Afghanistan airstrike". The Independent. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  8. ↑ Bergen, Peter; Tiedemann, Katherine, eds. (2013). "The Taliban in Bajaur". Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion. Oxford University Press. p. 324. ISBN   9780199893096.
  9. ↑ "TTP confirms Dadullah killing, names new chief of Bajaur". Khyber News. 25 August 2012. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
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