Shahidullah Shahid
Shahidullah Shahid | |
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Sheikh Maqbool Orakzai
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| Died | 9 July 2015 |
| Other names | Abu Umar Maqbool al Khurasani |
Sheikh Maqbool Orakzai (died 9 July 2015), known as Shahidullah Shahid and later as Abu Umar Maqbool al Khurasani, 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.
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.