Faqir Mohammed (born circa 1970 in Chopatra, in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan) is a member of the Mommand tribe whose house was raided by Pakistani security agencies hunting a "high value" al-Qaeda target in 2005. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and High Value Target ( HVT) is United States Military terminology for a target (a person or resource that an enemy commander requires for successful completion Public sympathy raised him into a position of leadership in the Bajaur Agency. His house was raided again on 22 January 2006, and three of his relatives were arrested. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He is a wanted man due to suspected contacts with Taliban and Al-Queda militants. The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Al-Qaeda, alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qa`ida or al-Qa`idah, ( Arabic:; ar-Latn ''al-qāʿidah'' Translation: The
Though not a tribal chief or elder, he has a security team and 15-20 followers. The local tribal administration does not dare arrest him. However, his house was burnt down by tribal elders as is custom. He was warned in January 2006 that failure to surrender to authorities would result in his house being burnt down again.
Until the age of 20, he was a student unknown for any militancy. He began his education studying in a local madrassa under Maulana Abdus Salam. "Madrasa" and "Medrese" redirect here For the village in Azerbaijan see Mədrəsə. His first jihad mentor was Maulana Sufi Mohammad. Jihad (جهاد ʤɪhæːd an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims.
Along with his two sons, he was a staunch activist of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), or Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Laws, and but were captured in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, and are now held in Dera Ismail Khan jail in southern Pakistan. Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi ( TNSM, English: Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law) is a Pakistani Militant group Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Dera Ismail Khan (ډیرہ اسماعیل خان is a City in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. However, he successfully fled back to Pakistan, where his knowledge of the territory has been useful to Al-Queda operatives.
For his part, Faqir Mohammed strongly denies any presence of al-Qaeda or Taliban leadership in the area and says, "According to Pashtun tradition we will definitely exact revenge on America. Pashtuns ( Pashto: پښتون Paṣtūn, Paxtūn, also rendered as Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns) also called The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ayman al-Zawahiri never came here but if he wanted to come, we will welcome him, and it will be a great pleasure for us to be his host" (Daily Jang, January 23, 2006). The Daily Jang (روزنامہ جنگ is an Urdu Newspaper Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. President Pervez Musharraf, however, is insistent that "al-Qaeda fighters were probably killed in a suspected CIA air strike that killed 18 civilians in Bajaur Agency earlier this month…now that we have started investigating the reality on the ground, yes we have found that there are foreigners there, that is for sure. General (ret Pervez Musharraf ( (born 11 August 1943 NI(M, HI(M, TBt, is the former Military dictator and President of near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all " (The Nation, January 25, 2006). This article is about the US Publication. For other newspapers magazines and alternate uses by the same name see The Nation (disambiguation. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
He commented on another Bajaur airstrike which occurred in October 2006.
He has one wife.
References
- ^ Nasir, Sohail Abdul (February 9, 2006). Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Al-Zawahiri's Pakistani Ally: Profile of Maulana Faqir Mohammed. The Jamestown Foundation. The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington DC -based Think tank, whose stated mission is to "inform and educate" policy makers about events and trends which Retrieved on 30 October 2006. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
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