A file photo of the Afghan Taliban. PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR: Noor Wali alias Mufti Abu Mansoor Asim, the new chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was born on June 26, 1978.
He obtained initial education from madrassa Siddiqia. He received higher education from other Jamia Imdadia, Faisalabad and Jamia Nasratul Uloom, Gujranwala. He obtained his degree in 1999 from Jamia Ahsan-ul-Uloom, Karachi.
Noor Wali stepped into fighting when Taliban suffered heavy losses at the hands of Northern Alliance in Mazar Sharif and Jabal-ul-Siraj.
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Therefore, he reached Kabul along with his friend Muhammad Hanif and fought against the Northern Alliance. On the advice of his father, Noor Wali resumed religious education but after the 9/11 when the US attacked Afghanistan, he went back to Kabul with Maulana Miraj-ul-Din to partake in the fighting. He was upset by the fall of Kabul at the hands of the coalition.
After the killing of commander Hafiz Abdullah, Noor Wali was appointed the Naib Ameer of Baitullah Mehsud by the central shoora (consultative body) besides other responsibilities.
During the military operation on September 9, 2004, Noor Wali was given the responsibility of leading the organisation. After the killing of Azam Tariq, he was assigned the task of publicising the party in the media. Noor Wali also authored two books in 2001 and 2002.
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