Qari Ziaur Rahman

For the similarly named alleged Taliban IED facilitator captured in December 2008 see Zia Rahman.
Konar Province, where Qari Ziaur Rahman, is based, on the border with Pakistan.

Qari Ziaur Rahman is a citizen of Afghanistan who is reported to be a leader of the Taliban's and al-Qaeda's leadership.[1][2] He was believed to have been killed in March 2011 during an attack on militants by the Pakistani military, however Ziaur Rahman later phoned media reporters to confirm that he survived the airstrike.[3]

  1. ^ "Afghan military claims dual-hatted Taliban and al Qaeda leader killed in ISAF airstrike | FDD's Long War Journal".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AsiaTimes20080523 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Taliban commander Qari Zia Rahman denies reports of his death | FDD's Long War Journal". 14 April 2010.