Samir Khan

Samir Khan
سمير بن ظافر خان
Born
Samir ibn Zafar Khan

(1985-12-25)December 25, 1985
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
DiedSeptember 30, 2011(2011-09-30) (aged 25)
Al Jawf Governorate, Yemen
Cause of deathDrone strike
OccupationsEditor and publisher of Inspire magazine

Samir ibn Zafar Khan (Arabic: سمير بن ظافر خان, Urdu: سمیر خان; December 25, 1985 – September 30, 2011) was a Saudi Arabian naturalized U.S. citizen, jihadist militant, and the editor and publisher of Inspire, an English-language online magazine reported to be published by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). He was killed in a drone strike in Yemen together with Anwar al-Awlaki.

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