Shahidullah Shahid
{{Short description|Pakistani Islamic militant}}
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| birth_name = Sheikh Maqbool Orakzai
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| birth_place = Pakistan
| death_date = 9 July 2015
| death_place = Afghanistan
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| other_names = Abu Umar Maqbool al Khurasani
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Sheikh Maqbool Orakzai (died 9 July 2015),{{Cite web|date=9 July 2015|title=Ex-TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid killed in US drone strike: report|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1193386|website=Dawn News}} known as Shahidullah Shahid and later as Abu Umar Maqbool al Khurasani,{{Cite book|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christopher|title=Pakistan at the Crossroads : Domestic Dynamics and External Pressures|publisher=Columbia University Press|pages=130}} was a Pakistani Islamic militant who had senior roles in both the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Islamic State's province in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
History
=Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan=
Shahid served as a top spokesman for the militant group TTP since it was formed in 2006.
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On 21 October 2014 he was sacked by the TTP for his pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the Islamic State, which he had made a week prior.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-taliban-idUSKCN0IA1EC20141021|title=Pakistani Taliban sack influential spokesman as divisions grow|date=21 October 2014|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=19 July 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-29640242|title=Pakistan Taliban sack spokesman Shahidullah Shahid for IS vow|date=21 October 2014|website=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=29 February 2020}}
Death
On 9 July 2015, he was killed in an American airstrike in Dih Bala District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Gul Zaman, a militant commander from Pakistan’s Orakzai tribal region, was also killed in the strike.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/11729868/Senior-Pakistani-Taliban-leader-killed-drone-strike.html|title=Senior Pakistani Taliban leader killed drone strike|website=telegraph.co.uk|date=9 July 2015 |accessdate=19 July 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/09/asia/afghanistan-isis-leader-killed/index.html|title=Agency: ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed in airstrike|author1=Masoud Popalzai |author2=Greg Botelho |date=9 July 2015 |publisher=cnn.com|accessdate=19 July 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/917788/formert-ttp-leader-shahidullah-shahid-killed-in-drone-strike-reports/|title=Former TTP leader Shahidullah Shahid killed in US drone strike - The Express Tribune|date=9 July 2015|website=tribune.com.pk|publisher=The Express Tribune|accessdate=19 July 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/former-ttp-mouthpiece-shahidullah-shahid-killed-in-us-missile-strike-567/|title=Former TTP mouthpiece Shahidullah Shahid killed in US drone strike|publisher=Daily Pakistan|website=dailypakistan.com.pk|date=9 July 2015|accessdate=19 July 2016|language=English|archive-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921021247/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/former-ttp-mouthpiece-shahidullah-shahid-killed-in-us-missile-strike-567/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/top-isil-leader-afghanistan-killed-drone-strike-150709162540428.html|title=Top ISIL leader in Afghanistan 'killed in drone strike'|publisher=aljazeera.com|accessdate=19 July 2016}}