Abdul Rauf Aliza
Mullah Abdul Rauf Aliza (Pashto: ملا عبد الرؤوف; 10 February 1981 – 9 February 2015), widely identified as Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim, was an Afghan militant who served as a senior leader in both the Taliban and ISIS-K.
Abdul Rauf Alizai | |
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| Native name | Pashto: ملا عبد الرؤوف |
| Born | February 10, 1981 Helmand Province, Afghanistan |
| Died | February 9, 2015 (aged 33) Helmand Province, Afghanistan |
| Cause of death | Drone strike |
| Allegiance | Taliban (unknown–2014) ISIS-K (from October 2014) |
| Service number | 108 (Internment Serial Number) |
| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) |
A foot soldier in Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s elite mobile reserve force prior to 9/11, he was detained by the United States after the initial invasion of Afghanistan, and transferred to Guantanamo Bay detention camp, where he was held until 20 December 2007. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 108. Following his release, he returned to militancy in Afghanistan, becoming a provincial-level Taliban commander. After falling out with Taliban leadership in 2014, Rauf swore allegiance to ISIS and was named deputy commander of its Afghanistan-Pakistan based Wilayah Khorasan branch (ISIS-K), before being killed by a US drone strike in February 2015.