Hanif and Yousef Ahmadi were appointed in October 2005 after the previous spokesman, Latifullah Hakimi, was captured.[1] His main tool of communication to news organizations was email. Shortly after the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Hanif reached the press by means of a satellite telephone, and read a statement[2] about the "martyr" which he claimed was written by Mullah Omar.
On the day of his 2007 capture, Afghan intelligence officials released a recording of part of Hanif's interrogation in which Hanif tells his interrogators that the Taliban's leader Mullah Omar was staying in the Pakistani city of Quetta under the protection of the ISI, Pakistan's intelligence agency. This claim was then denied by Pakistan.[3]
Muhammad Hanif was released from custody in 2008 as he apparently no longer had any contact with the Taliban. On November 28, 2008, it was reported that Hanif and three of his relatives were assassinated at his home in Nangarhar Province.[4]
muhammad, hanif, taliban, spokesperson, those, similar, name, mohammad, hanif, muhammad, hanif, pashto, محمد, حنيف, november, 2008, media, spokesman, taliban, from, october, 2005, until, capture, afghanistan, national, directorate, security, january, 2007, han. For those of a similar name see Mohammad Hanif Muhammad Hanif Pashto محمد حنيف d November 2008 was a media spokesman for the Taliban from October 2005 until his capture by Afghanistan s National Directorate of Security NDS on January 17 2007 1 Hanif and Yousef Ahmadi were appointed in October 2005 after the previous spokesman Latifullah Hakimi was captured 1 His main tool of communication to news organizations was email Shortly after the death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi Hanif reached the press by means of a satellite telephone and read a statement 2 about the martyr which he claimed was written by Mullah Omar On the day of his 2007 capture Afghan intelligence officials released a recording of part of Hanif s interrogation in which Hanif tells his interrogators that the Taliban s leader Mullah Omar was staying in the Pakistani city of Quetta under the protection of the ISI Pakistan s intelligence agency This claim was then denied by Pakistan 3 Muhammad Hanif was released from custody in 2008 as he apparently no longer had any contact with the Taliban On November 28 2008 it was reported that Hanif and three of his relatives were assassinated at his home in Nangarhar Province 4 See also editZabiullah MujahidReferences edit a b Mullah Omar hiding in Pakistan BBC 18 January 2007 Retrieved February 3 2016 Taleban play down Zarqawi death BBC News 9 June 2006 Retrieved February 3 2016 Pakistan rejects Taliban spokesman s claim on Omar Reuters 21 January 2007 Taleban s ex spokesman shot dead BBC News 28 November 2008 Retrieved February 3 2016 External links editPhoto of Muhammad Hanif shortly after his capture from Agence France Presse nbsp This Afghanistan biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Muhammad Hanif Taliban spokesperson amp oldid 1175848586, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
