Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti | |
|---|---|
| أبو أحمد الكويتي | |
| Born | 1978 Kuwait |
| Died | 2 May 2011 (aged 32–33) Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Relatives | Abrar Khan (brother) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Al-Qaeda |
| Service | Al-Qaeda central (1990s–2011) |
| Rank | Lieutenant to Osama Bin Laden |
| Battles / wars | Afghan Civil War |
Arshad Khan (1978 – 2 May 2011), commonly known as Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti (or Ibrahim Ahmad) was a Kuwaiti-born Pakistani courier for Osama bin Laden.[1][2][3]
He was not a Kuwaiti and not an Arab, but rather he was an ethnic Pashtun and a Pakistani citizen.[4] He adopted the last name al-Kuwaiti because his Pakistani parents lived in Kuwait.[5] According to secret documents, he was one of the few men bin Laden completely trusted and was said to be his "favourite courier and right-hand man".[6] He sheltered and lived with bin Laden for years and was killed along with him by the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group on 2 May 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
telegraph1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Woodward, Bob (12 May 2011). "Death of Osama bin Laden: Phone call pointed U.S. to compound – and to 'the pacer'". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013.
Last year Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, the pseudonym for a Pakistani known to U.S. intelligence as the main courier for Osama bin Laden, took a call from an old friend.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
apwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
guardianwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Ibrahim Saeed Ahmed, Osama Bin Laden's Associate And Trusted Confidante, Identified: NATO". HuffPost. 2 June 2011.
The captives said the courier was known by the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, which he adopted because their parents lived in Kuwait.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
nprwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).