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Maulvi Nazir
Bornestimated 1975
Died2 January 2013
Angur Ada, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Cause of deathDrone strike
CitizenshipAfghanistan, Pakistan
OrganizationTaliban

Maulvi Nazir, also known as Mullah Nazir, or Maulvi Nazir Wazir, (Pashto: مولوي نذیر وزیر) was a prominent commander of the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan based in Wana. He was a citizen of both Afghanistan and Pakistan, and had a significant role in Taliban affairs in both countries. He was killed by a US drone strike on 2 January 2013.

Early life

Nazir was a member of the Kakakhel tribe, which have Sayyid origins and are a part of the Ahmadzai, which are part of the Wazir. He was estimated to have been born in 1975. He was also a dual citizen of both Afghanistan and Pakistan, and owned property in Kandahar until 2010. During the Soviet–Afghan War and ensuing Afghan civil wars, he was affiliated with Hezbe Islami Gulbuddin. He later joined the Taliban and aligned himself politically with the JUI party of Fazal-ur-Rehman. In Pakistan, he controlled large portions of South Waziristan, and maintained his influence in the Afghan provinces of Paktika, Zabul, Helmand, and Kandahar.

Career

With the notable approval of Mullah Dadullah and Sirajuddin Haqqani, Maulvi Nazir was authorised to implement Sharia in South Waziristan in 2006, and was instructed to avoid combating the Pakistani army.

Maulvi Nazir eventually overthrew Maulvi Omar. The Afghan Taliban supported Maulvi Nazir against Baitullah Mehsud, and preferred to avoid attacking Pakistan. In 2006, Mullah Omar endorsed Maulvi Nazir as the emir of South Waziristan.

In March 2007, Maulvi Nazir ordered the expulsion of all Uzbeks from Waziristan, and sparked the 2007 Wana clashes against the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) led by Tahir Yuldashev. Maulvi Nazir later succeeded in expelling the Uzbeks.

Tensions continued between Maulvi Nazir and Baitullah Mehsud. In 2009, Mullah Nazir, Baitullah Mehsud, and Hafiz Gul Bahadur, agreed to put aside their differences and form Shura Ittihad ul-Mujahideen to focus on fighting NATO, although the union collapsed due to further disagreements. Baitullah Mehsud was eventually killed on 5 August 2009, by a US drone strike. In September 2009, eleven fighters of Mullah Nazir were killed in the Mehsud territory of Sararogha, as they were returning to Wana. The tensions had escalated to the point that they strained relations between the Mehsud and the Ahmadzai.

The tensions between Maulvi Nazir and the mainstream TTP continued until a peace deal between Maulvi Nazir and Hakimullah Mehsud was reached in 2011.

Death

Maulvi Nazir was killed by an American drone strike on 2 January 2013 in Angur Ada, near the capital of Wana, South Waziristan. Bahawal Khan, also known as Salahuddin Ayubi, was his successor.

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