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Pakistani Taliban leader
Not to be confused with the Afghan Taliban leader Mullah
Dadullah .
Dadullah
Mullah Dadullah
Born Jamal Said
c. 1965Died 24 August 2012 (46-47) Cause of death
NATO airstrike Nationality Pakistani
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
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b Mohmand, Mureeb (26 August 2012).
"TTP confirms death of its Bajaur chief" . The Express Tribune . Retrieved 27 August 2012 .
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a
b Walsh, Declan (25 August 2012).
"NATO Says Pakistani Militant Commander Killed in Afghanistan" . The New York Times . Islamabad. Retrieved 25 August 2012 .
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b
c Roggio, Bill (25 August 2012).
"Bajaur Taliban leader, deputy killed in airstrike in eastern Afghanistan" . Long War Journal . Retrieved 27 August 2012 .
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"Senior Taliban leader among those killed in Afghanistan air strike" . The Guardian . AP. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012 .
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"Afghan Air Strike Kills Senior Pakistani Taliban Leader" . Radio Free Europe . 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012 .
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"ISAF Joint Command morning operational update" . ISAF Joint Command . 25 August 2012. Archived from
the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012 .
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"Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah dies in Afghanistan airstrike" . The Independent . 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012 .
^ 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 .
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"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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