Hafiz Saeed Khan

Hafiz Saeed Khan
Birth name	Hafiz Saeed Khan
Born	1972 Orakzai Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Died	26 July 2016 Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Allegiance	Afghan Taliban (2001-2007) Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (2007-2014) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2014-2016)

Hafiz Saeed Khan (1972 – 26 July 2016) was an Islamic militant who served as the Islamic State emir for its Khorasan province, which is active in Afghanistan and Pakistan, from January 2015 until his death in July 2016. Prior to 2015, Khan was a senior commander in the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and initially a member of the Afghan Taliban.

Saeed was born in 1972 in the town of Mamozai in the Orakzai Agency, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan near the Afghan border. He got his early education from a local cleric, Mulana Shabit, before moving to the Hangu District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where he was admitted to the local school known as Darululoom Islamia Hangue.

Sources say a man called Farooq Khan, who belonged to Saeed's village, arranged his marriage with his cousin. Saeed has two sons and one daughter with his wife, and according to Farooq, has since taken a second wife in the region of North Waziristan.

After the September 11 attacks, Saeed went to Kabul to fight against the United States invasion of Afghanistan with the Afghan Taliban. He remained in Kabul for two years.

He became close to Baitullah Mahsud, who formed the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in 2007 and became its leader. He appointed Saeed to the majlis ash-shura and made him emir for Orakzai Agency.

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