Muhammad Hanif
Taliban spokesperson
About Muhammad Hanif
Muhammad Hanif (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.
Hanif and Yousef Ahmadi were appointed in October 2005 after the previous spokesman, Latifullah Hakimi, was captured. 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.
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.
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Who was Muhammad Hanif?
Taliban spokesperson
When did Muhammad Hanif die?
Muhammad Hanif died in 2008.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Muhammad Hanif (Taliban spokesperson)
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