Mujahideen Shura (North Waziristan)

The Mujahideen Shura was a council set up by jihadist groups such as the Pakistani Taliban in North Waziristan, Pakistan.[1] Members were said to include Hafiz Gul Bahadur,[2] Maulana Sadiq Noor,[3] Jalaluddin Haqqani of the Afghan Taliban, and Tahir Yuldashev, commander of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Roggio, Bill (5 September 2006). "Talibanistan: The Establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan". FDD's Long War Journal. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ Sulaiman, Sadia (10 April 2009). "Hafiz Gul Bahadur: A Profile of the Leader of the North Waziristan Taliban" (PDF). Terrorism Monitor. 7 (9). Washington, DC: The Jamestown Foundation: 4–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  3. ^ Syed Saleem Shahzad (2 September 2006). "The knife at Pakistan's throat". Asia Times Online. Archived from the original on 19 October 2006.