Abdul Sayed
Abdul Sayed has a master’s degree in political science from Lund University, Sweden, and is now an independent researcher focused on jihadism and the Af-Pak region. He’s on Twitter at: @abdsayedd
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Articles by Abdul Sayed
Islamic State’s Pakistan Province Launches New Jihadist Magazine
The first Urdu-language magazine of Islamic State’s Pakistan Province (IS-P) called Yalghar (Invasion) was published at the end of April 2021 on social media accounts that regularly disseminate IS-P propaganda
An In-Depth Portrait of a Pakistani Taliban Founding Father: Umar Khalid Khurasani
In August 2020, eight important Pakistani jihadist groups opposed to Islamabad joined the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Among them was an influential group led by Commander Umar
The Mysterious Case of Shaikh Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost – The Founder of IS-K
On November 14, the spokesman for the Pakistan Army in a joint press conference with the Pakistani foreign minister accused an Afghan national, Shaikh Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost, of organizing
The Jihadists’ War in Pakistan after the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Lessons from Al-Qaeda’s Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
The changing narratives and operations of al-Qaeda and its Pakistani ally, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in recent years indicate that the anti-state jihadist war in Pakistan will not end with a
Waziristan Militant Leader Aleem Khan Ustad Joins Tehreek-e-Taliban
On December 15, Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, the emir of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), appeared in a video released by Umar Media, the official media arm of TTP (Umar Media, December
Islamic State Khorasan Province’s Peshawar Seminary Attack and War Against Afghan Taliban Hanafis
On October 27, a major attack targeting a pro-Afghan Taliban religious seminary took place in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan. Although it remains unclaimed,