Nek Muhammad Wazir

Naik Muhammad Wazir (Pashto/, also Naik Mohammed; 1975 – ) was a prominent Pakistani mujahideen jihadist and militant leader.

He was assassinated in a US drone strike in South Waziristan, FATA, Pakistan in 2004. This was the first CIA drone strike inside Pakistan.

Early life Naik Muhammad belonged to the Yargul Khail subclan of the Ahmadzai Wazir Pashtun tribe. According to Pakistan's Dawn News, his father: The ceasefire lasted only briefly before conflict resumed, however.

Assassination At the time of his death Mohammad was accused of having provided a safe haven for Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters, and also to fighters from Chechnya and other conflicts.

Only a day after the famous Shakai agreement with Pakistan's military in April 2004, in a long interview with the Voice of America Pashto Correspondent Mukhtar Ahmad, Naik Mohammad disclosed that he would never abandon his jihad against the US and other allied forces in Afghanistan. A few miles away from Wana, in this face-to-face radio interview, Mohammad vowed to continue his support for Al-Qaeda and Taliban and argued that no peace agreement with the Pakistani government could compel him to force the Al-Qaeda fighters and other foreign militants to leave Pakistan's tribal area.

Despite Naik Mohammad's hatred for the US and Western media, he often appeared on their Pashto channels. He had stated on several occasions that VOA and Radio Azadi were the mouthpieces of the US government and that its broadcasters and reporters are the 'paid agents' or 'spies' for the US.

On 18 June 2004, after signing the Shakai Peace deal, he was killed in a missile attack. The Pakistani army stated that it was responsible for Muhammad's death, but PBS Frontline reported in 2006 that he had been killed along with four other suspected militants and two children by a missile from an American Predator UAV,

According to Asad Durrani, a retired 3-star rank general and former director-general of the Pakistan Army's Military Intelligence, Mohammad was killed by an American drone.