Wali-ur-Rehman
Sign in to saveWali-ur-Rehman (Wali Ur-Rehman Mehsud) (1970 – 29 May 2013) was a senior Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander based in South Waziristan. Wali-ur-Rehman was formerly a spokesman for Baitullah Mehsud, the late leader of the TTP.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Pakistan
- Place of birth
- Bannu
- Occupation
- military leader
- Political party
- Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
- Languages spoken
- Urdu
- Native language
- Urdu
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- cause of death
- drone warfare
- date of birth
- 1970-00-00
- date of death
- 2013-05-29
- allegiance
- Pakistani Taliban
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Wali-ur-Rehman (Wali Ur-Rehman Mehsud) (1970 – 29 May 2013) was a senior Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander based in South Waziristan. Wali-ur-Rehman was formerly a spokesman for Baitullah Mehsud, the late leader of the TTP.
==Background== Wali-ur-Rehman's family hails from the Mal Khel branch of the Mehsud tribe in South Waziristan. In 1996, he finished studies at the Jamia Islamia Imdadia madrassa in Faisalabad and returned to South Waziristan to teach in a madrassa in Kani Guram. He was affiliated with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party prior to joining the Taliban in 2004.
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