Security forces have reportedly arrested key Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Adnan Rashid from South Waziristan Agency, a private news channel reported on Tuesday.
According to the report, the Taliban commander was arrested by security forces in Shakai valley of South Waziristan four days ago. The report said that Rashid is in an injured condition and has been shifted to an undisclosed location by a helicopter. The militant was reportedly injured when he attempted to flee a cordoned off area in North Waziristan.
Rashid, who was serving a jail term for attacking former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf, escaped from Bannu Jail on Aril 15, 2012 after an attack by insurgents armed with guns, grenades and rockets. Nearly 400 prisoners including Taliban escaped in the jail break.
Rashid also gained attention by writing a letter to teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in an attempt to kill her. Adnan Rashid had said he wished the attack hadn’t happened, but told Malala that she was targeted for speaking ill of the Taliban.
A former junior technician of Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Rashid is a resident of Chota Lahore area of Swabi district in Khyber Pakhtukhwa. He is fluent in English, Pashto and Urdu. He used to contribute to several social networking sites including Blogs and Facebook from the prison. He had joined PAF in 1997. He was around 24 when he was arrested in early 2004.
