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Ex-TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid killed in US drone strike: report
DAWN.COM — PUBLISHED 5 minutes ago
The militant commander had parted ways with the TTP and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. —AP/File
PESHAWAR: Former spokesperson for the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Shahidullah Shahid has been killed in a US drone strike, Afghan media reported Thursday.
Quoting the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Afghanistan, Tolo News tweeted that Shahidullah Shahid has been killed in Nangarhar.
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BREAKING: Shahidullah Shahid, leader of Daesh in Afghanistan and former Pakistani Taliban spokesman, killed in Nangarhar drone attack: NDS
12:27 PM - 9 Jul 2015
Shahid recently joined the self-styled Islamic State as a senior commander in Pakistan, and was effectively the group's second in command in Pakistan. Previously he had served as spokesman of the TTP under Hakimullah Mehsud and later Mullah Fazlullah.
The militant commander, whose real name is Sheikh Maqbool Orakzai, parted ways with the TTP and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, head of IS.
He is a Salafi in orientation and maintains good contacts with Arab fighters.
In March, Nasir Dawar, a senior journalist from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) said disputes within the TTP triggered the defection of senior militants commanders such as former Taliban spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid, Commander Hafiz Saeed Khan from Orakzai, Dawlat Khan from Kurram Agency and some others who played an important role for TTP in the recent past.
DAWN.COM — PUBLISHED 5 minutes ago
The militant commander had parted ways with the TTP and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. —AP/File
PESHAWAR: Former spokesperson for the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Shahidullah Shahid has been killed in a US drone strike, Afghan media reported Thursday.
Quoting the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Afghanistan, Tolo News tweeted that Shahidullah Shahid has been killed in Nangarhar.
TOLOnews
✔@TOLOnews
BREAKING: Shahidullah Shahid, leader of Daesh in Afghanistan and former Pakistani Taliban spokesman, killed in Nangarhar drone attack: NDS
12:27 PM - 9 Jul 2015
Shahid recently joined the self-styled Islamic State as a senior commander in Pakistan, and was effectively the group's second in command in Pakistan. Previously he had served as spokesman of the TTP under Hakimullah Mehsud and later Mullah Fazlullah.
The militant commander, whose real name is Sheikh Maqbool Orakzai, parted ways with the TTP and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, head of IS.
He is a Salafi in orientation and maintains good contacts with Arab fighters.
In March, Nasir Dawar, a senior journalist from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) said disputes within the TTP triggered the defection of senior militants commanders such as former Taliban spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid, Commander Hafiz Saeed Khan from Orakzai, Dawlat Khan from Kurram Agency and some others who played an important role for TTP in the recent past.
