Mawlawi Aslam Farooqi | |
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مولوي اسلم فاروقي | |
6th Wali of ISIS – Khorasan Province | |
In office April 2019 – 4 April 2020 | |
Preceded by | Abu Omar al-Khorasani |
Succeeded by | Shahab al-Muhajir |
Personal details | |
Born | Kalaya, Orakzai Agency |
Died | 16 January 2022 |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Sipah-e-Sahaba (1999–2007) Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Lashkar-e-Taiba |
Mawlawi Aslam Farooqi (born between 1965 and 1971), also referred to as Mullah Aslam Farooqi and Akhundzada Aslam Farooqi, and whose true name is Abdullah Orakzai, was a Pakistani Islamist jihadist militant, Pakistani Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahabah commander, and the fourth head (wali) of the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS–K).