Deleted:Abdul Rauf (militant commander)
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Template:Merge Abdul Rauf (1981[1] – February 9, 2015)[2] was a Taliban commander who was killed by a NATO airstrike in northern Helmand Province in 2015.[3]
Rauf had spent six years detained in Guantanamo Bay after being captured by the US military in 2001, where he revealed detailed knowledge of opium production in Afghanistan.[4] At the time of his death he had sworn allegiance to Islamic State.
References
- ↑ http://www.ibtimes.com/isis-recruiter-former-guantanamo-bay-prisoner-captured-taliban-afghanistan-1799266
- ↑ http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/isis-commander-abdul-rauf-killed-afghanistan-officials-n302771
- ↑ "Afghanistan drone strike 'kills IS commander Abdul Rauf'". BBC News. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31290147.
- ↑ Stanekzai, Mohammad. "Senior Afghan militant with suspected IS links 'killed in drone attack'". reuters.com. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/09/us-afghanistan-militant-idUSKBN0LD0VG20150209.
