Khan Syed Mehsud, alias Sajna. PHOTO COURTESY: RADIO MASHAAL
Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a drone strike on November 1 in North Waziristan Agency.
Earlier, Sajna had replaced Waliur Rehman Mehsud as TTP’s second-in-command after he was killed by a drone strike in North Waziristan on May 29, 2013.
Khan Syed, 37, who has not received modern or religious education, is revered in the TTP because of his bravery in the battlefield. He was a close associate of Baitullah Mehsud.
He was born in Zangara in Sararogh, a sub-division of South Waziristan, and belongs to Shabi Khel, a sub-tribe of Mehsud. The founder of TTP, Baitullah Mehsud had also belonged to the same tribe.
Sajna was a close friend of Hakimullah. He is said to have been a key figure behind many deadly attacks that took place across the tribal belt of Pakistan. He was one of the masterminds behind the assault on the PNS Mehran base and the prison break in Bannu, in which nearly 400 inmates were freed, last year.
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So anyone we find writing comments we disagree with is automatically labelled an Indian? It obviously a sign of limited intelligence. Get a brain! Pakistan is my country and I find many things happening these days in it very distasteful. So if I choose to criticise, these people will label me as unpatriotic. Their lack of tolerance and limited ability to comprehend diverse ideas renders them quite Neanderthalic.
@syed baqar ahsan:
But Sir, once I was slapped in my face by being told : " In South Asia any one born on a Friday ,is called a "syed" >>>>"
Species living across our eastern borders are mesmerized with mix feelings on the demise of their veteran super-specie in a dron attack. I can see them trolling in few platforms and have feelings that Modhi will be holding candle in his hand while his mentor was being laid to rest.
By now these TTP goons must have understand that masters will use them as long as they tow their line, accept orders, attack innocent people, and get paid for it! They will also provide you protection from drones and safe havens, but if you deviate from masters wishes you become worthless and will be targeted by very own masters! This is normal story of paid killers!
Sajna is a filmy name....he should join Lollywood instead of TTP....
@Shahzad: We are happy that we are living in Indian kashmir.If it ever in pakistan then our people get killed long before or become like another terrorist.We are sympathetic for those living across border.
@Randomstranger: Come on Mr. Random Stranger. Actually Imran may not be the Stranger from Chennai but Randomly from Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta or Kabul. And when he said "we" he meant the whole of Pakistan together with the strategic depth and not just POK. Also he was afraid the drones might take him, so he wrote India instead of USA.
Oh come on ! he can't be syed and syed do not kill any innocent in war.
He will also be droned for sure once he outlives his shelf life or usefulness. Dirty games being played by all like US/Afghanistan/Pakistan/India/UK etc. and the poor victim is a Pakistani who happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
But like all pestilences this will also pass. Look at Vietnam which 40 years ago was suffering big time but now on its way to becoming a prosperous middle income country.
Imran from Azad Kashmir: No Kashmiri would ever want to go with India, never in their life times. You surely are one good example of species found in our neighbourhood known for 'bagal mein churi moun par ram ram".
Mehran base attack?
Where they destroyed spy planes used exclusively for Eastern boarder?
This guy has to be an Indian agent!!!!
@waseem: Atleast have the guts to display your real name,if had to.this is how india operates,behind your back.
The US of A has just dispatched a hellfire missile with this terrorists name on it. Who is next!
@Imran: Another Indian faking to be a Pakistani.
Bang!! Right, marked for the next drone strike. Whose next?
I love ET news even thought sometimes, they tend to be anti-Pakistan, hay we live in democracy and i get that.. but what bugs me today is the title of this article, "bravery in battle", seriously!!!!!!!! guys, these monsters have killed thousands of Pakistani brave soldiers, have some decency for crying out loud...
For God's sake, don't glorify these anti state ememies of Islam as 'brave'. Those who kill innocent children and people by planting bombs in markets are not brave. They are cowards. If they want to be brave, they should go and fight americans, rather than killing innocent people who cannot defend themselves. They are agents of the enemy who are fighting state of Pakistan to weaken it, and follwing agenda of anti-Pakistan elements. The whole nation should be united against them, and Pak army should inflict a final blow on them to finish them off.
Drones may keep killing but terrorism will keep growing. I never supported IK on that but yesterday.... Those of us who think that this drone monster would stop here, we are just fooling ourselves. I am thinking of terrible times to come where you may get killed even by speaking against uncle sam.
Bravery? ET are you serious ? Slaughtering innocent Pakistanis is a bravery in battlefield?
@Imran from Azad Kashmir: May I ask which city or town of Azad Kashmir you belong to? And also what your tribe/caste is? Because I have a feeling that you might be some "Rakesh" from Chennai originally than Imran from AJK.
The title and article makes these people look out as heroes. Sad state of Pakistani journalism.
i wish we can join india and get rid of these jihadis. imran from azad ksahmir
If he is really brave and a true jihadi, he will not allow killing of unarmed people including women and children otherwise they all deserved to be droned.
bravery is forgiving your enemy
Bravery??? are you sure???? i mean is this the rite word?
'Bravery in battle'? Whatever happened to trying not to glorify these terrorists?
another head. will he be another drone target?
So this guy has absolutely no education-even by the tribal area standards.