Omar Khalid Khorasani
Omar Khalid Khorasani | |
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| Birth name | Abdul Wali Mohmand |
| Born | 1977 Mohmand Agency, Tribal areas, Pakistan |
| Died | 7 August 2022 (aged 44–45) Barmal District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan |
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Abdul Wali Mohmand; (c. 1977 – 7 August 2022), known as Omar Khalid Khorasani was a Pakistani militant and one of the founding members of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). In 2014, he formed his own splinter militant group called Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) and was ousted by the Mullah Fazlullah-led Taliban. The same year, JuA swore allegiance to Islamic State (ISIS), however, a year later JuA rejoined TTP.
On 7 March 2018, Khorasani was added to the U.S. State Department's Rewards for Justice wanted list with a bounty up to $3 million. His name is also featured in the 'Red Book of Most Wanted High Profile Terrorists' published by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency. He was killed in a blast caused by a roadside mine on 7 August 2022 in Barmal District, Paktika province, Afghanistan.