Adnan Rashid is a Pakistani cricket umpire and militant commander of

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and former officer of the

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. He is the chief of Ansar Al-Aseer, the TTP's unit tasked to free militant prisoners.

Personal life

Rashid, an ethnic

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, is a resident of the Chota Lahor area of Swabi district. He joined the

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as a junior technician in 1997, but was later dismissed due to his suspicious activities.

Militant activity

Rashid was convicted for an attack on then

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General Pervaiz Musharraf in December 2003 and was given the death penalty. However, he was freed, along with 400 other inmates, by Taliban militants when they stormed the Bannu Prison in 2012. He masterminded the

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jailbreak on 30 July 2013, in which 175 prisoners were freed including 35 high-profile militants. Rashid wrote a letter to teenage education activist

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, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, saying that he wished that the attack had not happened, but told her that she was targeted because she speaks against the Taliban. On 11 July 2014, Adnan Rashid was reportedly captured along with three other militants by Pakistani security forces at his family residence near the town of

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. He was said to have fled to the area from

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after being injured during

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. His arrest was confirmed by the TTP in a statement released on 16 July. However, later in July 2014, Reuters reported that Pakistani security officials and Pakistani Taliban commanders denied that Rashid was in custody. One military source described the initial reports of the arrest as a "mixup", while two associates of Rashid said the arrest report had been spread in an attempt to get him to react so that security forces could trace his whereabouts.

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Rashid video after freed by Militants
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rashid, Adnan Living people Pashtun people Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan members 1984 births Pakistan Air Force officers People from Swabi District Escapees from Pakistani detention Pakistani Islamists

Personal life

Militant activity

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