Abu Akash

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{{Infobox military person

| name = Abu Akash

| other_name = Haji Akasha Khan, Abdur Rehman, Iraqi Malang

| birth_place = Iraq

| death_date = 2012-09-24

| death_place = North Waziristan, Pakistan

| allegiance = Al-Qaeda

| known_for = Calling for attacks on coalition forces (2007), Chief of financial affairs for Al-Qaeda in the region

}}

Abu Akash was an Al-Qaeda operative. He was believed to have been killed in a drone attack in Asori village in North Waziristan on 31 October 2008.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7702679.stm 'US strikes' on Pakistan villages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315093808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7702679.stm |date=15 March 2016 }}, BBC, 2008-10-31 However, he managed to escape safely.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Al-Qaeda propaganda chief killed in Pakistan strike: officials|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFRj05wy4-L2HckvAXmlqSQKJ-yQ|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627084323/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFRj05wy4-L2HckvAXmlqSQKJ-yQ|archivedate=June 27, 2012|access-date=July 30, 2012|website=}} He was known by aliases Haji Akasha Khan, Abdur Rehman and Iraqi Malang. He was born in Iraq.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-nov-01-fg-pakistan1-story.html Airstrikes kill 27 in Pakistan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614040047/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-nov-01-fg-pakistan1-story.html |date=14 June 2024 }}, Los Angeles Times, 2008-11-01 He came to notoriety in 2007 when he released a video calling for attacks on coalition forces. Sources said Abu Akash was Al Qaeda's chief of financial affairs in the region and set up his headquarters in Mir Ali, Pakistan. One of his sons was killed in a drone attack previously on 30 November 2005.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/2008/11/01/top1.htm | title=US double blow kills 21 in Waziristan | newspaper=Dawn | date=2008-10-31 | archive-date=1 November 2010 | access-date=21 February 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101023759/http://www.dawn.com/2008/11/01/top1.htm | url-status=live }} Abu Akash was killed in another drone attack on 24 September 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/world/asia/qaeda-operatives-killed-in-drone-strike-official-says.html|title=Qaeda Operatives Killed in Drone Strike, Official Says|date=26 September 2012|website=The New York Times|accessdate=15 March 2016|archive-date=5 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105121924/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/world/asia/qaeda-operatives-killed-in-drone-strike-official-says.html|url-status=live}}