Pakistan

Haji Namdar, a Taliban commander in Khyber agency, is teaching his followers not to fight the Pakistani government. Namdar does advocate jihad against US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. “Yes, we do attack the US forces across the border and that is what real jihad is all about,” he said. The Hakeemullah Group, a Taliban group close to Baitullah Mehsud, admitted to attacking Namdar’s madrassa in a suicide attack.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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