South Waziristan Special:
Leader of the Mehsud Taliban, Rehman is now the strongest commander of TTP and controls between 7,000 and 10,000 armed fighters in South Waziristan. A Malkhel Mehsud, Rehman is approximately 40 years old, a resident of Momi Karama area, and belongs to a middle class family. Rehman has been described as very humble and exceptionally intelligent. A graduate of the Jamia Islamia Imdadia madrassa in Faisalabad, Rehman returned to South Waziristan after finishing his education and began to teach in a local madrassa in Kanigurum. Before joining the Taliban, he was active with the JUI-F and, reportedly, still has contacts with the party’s top leadership. Rehman joined Baitullah Mehsud’s Taliban movement in 2004. During his time with the TTP, he became very close to Baitullah Mehsud and was appointed Baitullah’s deputy in 2006. He remained in this position until 2007, when he was assigned the task of looking after the financial matters of the TTP.
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