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Hafiz Saeed Khan (1972 – 26 July 2016), also known as Mullah Saeed Orakzai, [1] Shaykh Hafidh Sa'id Khan, [2] or Maulvi Saeed Khan, [3] was an Islamic militant and emir for the militant group Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS–K) from January 2015 until his death in July 2016.
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (Urdu: حافظ محمد سعید, born 5 June 1950) [4] is a Pakistani Islamic preacher and a militant convicted of terrorism. [5] [6] He co-founded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), [7] [8] [9] a Pakistan-based Islamist militant organization that is designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council, [10] [11] India, [12] the United States, [13] the United ...
In January 2015, the three groups, varyingly recruiting from the Afghan Taliban, Haqqani network, and Pakistani Taliban, merged into the larger Islamic State – Khorasan Province with Hafiz Saeed Khan as its wali, and was formally announced by ISIS-Central's chief spokesperson, Abu Muhammad al-Adnan on 26 January 2015. Interviews with ISIS–K ...
Hafiz Saeed Khan, (Leader of Islamic State – Khorasan Province, killed in July 2016) [112] [113] Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, (official spokesperson and senior leader, killed in August 2016) [114] Rustam Asildarov, (Leader of Islamic State – Caucasus Province, killed in December 2016) [115]
A significant development came on 14 July 2012 as Hafiz Saeed Khan, a prominent TTP leader, agreed to rapidly assemble a group of 143 Afghan and Pakistani volunteer fighters for al-Qaeda to dispatch to join the al-Nusra Front in Syria.
On January 11, 2015, Hafiz Saeed Khan, a former member of Tehrik-i-Taliban and the Afghan Taliban, alongside other former Taliban leaders pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, forming the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province and becoming the group's emir.
On 13 August, US defence officials said that ISIL's top leader, Hafiz Saeed Khan, was killed in a drone strike on 26 July in Nangarhar province. [86] On 30 October, Ajmal Zahid, a governor of Golestan district, said that ISIL's commander, Abdul Razaq Mehdi, was killed by Taliban fighters in Farah province. [87]
No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Time of Leadership Note(s) Announced Left office Time in office 1 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. أَبُو بَكْرٍ ٱلْبَغْدَادِيُّ