Dadullah (Pakistani Taliban)

Pakistani Taliban leader Not to be confused with the Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah.

Dadullah
Mullah Dadullah
Born	Jamal Said c. 1965
Died	24 August 2012 (46-47) Shaigal Aw Shiltan District, Afghanistan
Cause of death	NATO airstrike
Nationality	Pakistani

Jamal Said (c. 1965 - 24 August 2012) better known by the nom de guerre Mullah Dadullah 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. He was killed in a NATO airstrike in the Shigal wa Sheltan District of Afghanistan's neighbouring Kunar Province on 24 August 2012. His deputy and ten Taliban fighters were also killed in the strike.

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

References

^ Mohmand, Mureeb (26 August 2012). "TTP confirms death of its Bajaur chief". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
^ 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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v t e Pakistani Taliban
Leaders	Noor Wali Mehsud Fazlullah † Hakimullah Mehsud † Baitullah Mehsud † Faqir Mohammed Wali-ur-Rehman † Dadullah † Khalid Mehsud † Omar Khalid Khorasani † Mangal Bagh † Qari Hussain † Sher Muhammad Qusab † Adnan Rashid
Spokesmen	Maulvi Omar (POW) Ehsanullah Ehsan Muslim Khan (POW)
Alleged/claimed actions	Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2006 Dargai bombing Assassination of Benazir Bhutto Kidnapping of Tariq Azizuddin Capture of NATO convoy Battle of Bajaur 2008 Wah bombing Faisal Shahzad 2010 Sikh beheading 2011 Faisalabad bombing PNS Mehran attack Assassination attempt on Malala Yousufzai 2012 Dera Ismail Khan bombing Bacha Khan Airport attack Dera Ismail Khan prison attack Assassination of Chaudhry Aslam Khan 2014 Bannu bombing Jinnah Airport attack Peshawar school massacre Chaman suicide bombing Bannu CTD centre attack Sarband police station attack 2023 Peshawar mosque bombing Karachi police station attack
See also	Drone strikes in Pakistan List of Taliban fatality reports in Pakistan Taliban

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