Chronicles of Abi Abdul Samad: Confusion over Hakeemullah's death
Hakeemullah Mahsud is dead, Now it’s been confirmed by Taliban. According to media reports on Different channel, Aurak Zai Taliban have confirmed that Hakeemullah Mahsud who got seriously injured in the head in US drone strike on Jan 14th 2010 on his safe House in Shaktoi region bordering South Waziristan Agency is dead.
According to reports on Dunya TV and DAWN tv and Samaa TV Taliban have accepted that he got seriously injured in drone strike in January and was being transported to Karachi for treatment when he died near Multan en route to Karachi.
Geo News also reported that a Taliban source opposing TTP has confirmed the death of Hakeemullah Mahsud and has said that Body of Hakeemullah has been brought to Kurram agency.
Tehrik e Taliban Aurak zai has Nominated Molvi Nour Jamal as successor of Hakeemullah Mahsud. Nour Jamal is also known as Tufaan Mullah. According to Reports Tufaan Mullah is known to be hard liner, aggressive and emotional. It is also reported that he is ruthless man who himself beheaded dozen of people with his own hands.
Molvi Nour Jamal or Tufaan Mullah belongs to Dara Adam Khel but operates in Aurak Zai agency. He was a teacher in a local Madrassa in Hangu, who due to his hate filled speeches was arrested by Law enforcement agencies but managed to escape. After that he went to Kurram agency where again he joined a Madrassa as a teacher. He joined TTP Aurak zai in 2008.
The prime source of reports about Hakeem ullah’s death is Samaa TV, Dunya TV and Dawn TV. These channels reported a week ago about Hakeem ullah’s burial in Mamoonzai, Aurak zai agency a week or two ago. There are serious contradictions in these reports which raise many questions. These questions are
• If as reported by these channels, TTP has accepted the death of Hakeemullah Mahsud en route to Karachi near Multan than which sources confirmed about his burial in Aurak Zai?
• Why his burial was confirmed by so called sources first and after pause of one or two weeks, his death en route to Karachi was confirmed?
• How Hakeem Ullah Mahsud managed to escape from NWA where Army operation is going on against TTP and then from Kurram etc when there is complete blockade and not a sparrow can move without notice?
• Who made Nour Jamal Amir of TTP? Was there any Shura meeting? Who were those who made him TTP head?
Media groups like Express News, AAJ News and Geo are silent on this news because there are no credible sources to re confirm this news. I believe it’s a tactic by TTP to divert attention from ongoing operation in SWA and divert the attention towards Aurak Zai so that TTP SWA gets Breathing Space. This may be an effort for temporarily guiding TTP soldiers to look for command from Aurak Zai until SWA, Kurram; Bajori Leadership is available to direct them.
On other hand there are some observations which suggest that Hakeemullah is dead. There is remarkable decline in terror incidents after the reports of Hakeemullah death after drone strike of 14th Jan. there were also reports that few Taliban circles acknowledged that Hakeemullah was injured in Drone attack and to disapprove the reports TTP presented recorded audio massage of Hakeemullah Mahsud in which he denied his death but after that no new tape came forward and on repeated demands from media Taliban are silent.
Yes there is a clear confusion.
Currently TTP Bajor, Kurram, SWA, NWA etc is getting hell of beating from Security forces. If the news of Hakeem ullah’s death is confirmed than it’s a big blow to TTP and a big opportunity for Government to completely destroy TTP. Pakistani Forces have done a remarkable job in fight against world’s deadliest terror net work , by breaking it thread by thread and knot by knot.
Although I myself wrote about Hakeemullah Death on 16th now I believe that I was wrong. Because If Hakeemullah is dead then why there is no Shura meeting? Does it mean that there is a divide in TTP? Or is the command structure of TTP is completely destroyed? These are the questions which will be answered in coming days. If TTP presents evidence that Hakeemullah is alive , it will be morale boasting for extremists but if they fail in coming few days then it will itself be confirmation of Hakeem Ullah’s end.
Chronicles of Abi Abdul Samad: Confusion over Hakeemullah's death