Dadullah (Pakistani Taliban) Explained

Dadullah
Birth Name:Jamal Said
Birth Date:c. 1965
Death Date:24 August 2012 (46-47)
Death Place:Shaigal Aw Shiltan District, Afghanistan
Cause:NATO airstrike
Nationality:Pakistani

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

Born in Khar, Bajaur, he received his religious education in Panjpir[7] and was a former prayer leader before he became a Taliban commander.[1] 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.[2] He was succeeded by Maulana Abu Bakr.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Walsh. Declan. NATO Says Pakistani Militant Commander Killed in Afghanistan. 25 August 2012. The New York Times. 25 August 2012. Islamabad.
  2. News: Senior Taliban leader among those killed in Afghanistan air strike. 25 August 2012. The Guardian. 25 August 2012. AP.
  3. News: Afghan Air Strike Kills Senior Pakistani Taliban Leader. Radio Free Europe. 25 August 2012. 25 August 2012.
  4. News: ISAF Joint Command morning operational update . ISAF Joint Command . 25 August 2012 . dead . 25 August 2012 . 27 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827044143/http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/isaf-joint-command-morning-operational-update-aug.-23-2.html .
  5. News: Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah dies in Afghanistan airstrike. The Independent. 25 August 2012. 25 August 2012.
  6. Roggio. Bill. Bajaur Taliban leader, deputy killed in airstrike in eastern Afghanistan. Long War Journal. 25 August 2012. 27 August 2012.
  7. Book: Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion. Oxford University Press. 2013. Bergen. Peter. 324. The Taliban in Bajaur. Tiedemann. Katherine. 9780199893096.
  8. News: TTP confirms death of its Bajaur chief. The Express Tribune. 26 August 2012. 27 August 2012. Mohmand, Mureeb.
  9. News: TTP confirms Dadullah killing, names new chief of Bajaur. 25 August 2012. Khyber News. 25 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120826122652/http://www.khybernews.tv/newsDetails.php?cat=13&key=MTgwOTU=. 26 August 2012. dead.

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