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Maulvi Nazir


Maulvi Nazir (also Maulvi Nazir Wazir; 1975 - 2 January 2013(2013-01-02)) was a leading militant of the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan. Nazir's operations were based in Wana.

He was opposed to foreigners exercising influence in Waziristan, including Americans and Uzbek Jihadists. The Pakistani military and intelligence establishment considered Nazir to be "good Taliban" as he did not have a particularly anti-government agenda or openly seek the overthrow of the Pakistani state. He was killed by a U.S. drone strike on 2 January 2013.

According to The Jamestown Foundation, Nazir was a member of the Kakakhel tribe, part of the Ahmedzai Waziris. With an estimated birth year of 1975, he was a dual citizen of both Afghanistan and Pakistan and until 2010 owned property in Kandahar. He controlled large portions of South Waziristan and maintained influence in southwestern Afghan provinces of Paktika, Zabul, Helmand and into Kandahar.

Prior to the creation of the Taliban he was affiliated with the Hezbe Islami Gulbuddin, an older conservative group supported by Pakistan's Inter-service Intelligence Directorate during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. He later joined the Taliban and aligned himself politically with Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s JUI party.


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