Place of Birth: Pakistan;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Pakistani;

General Info:
Abdullah Orakzai, known as Aslam Farooqi, is the leader of the Islamic State-Khorasan terrorist group who was arrested along with 19 of his close associates, including Qari Zahed and Saifullah by the Afghanistan Army forces.

Farooqi belongs to Mamozai tribe from Orakzai agency area on Pak-Afghan border. In his initial confession, he revealed the extensive connections of regional intelligence agencies with the Islamic State-Khorasan group.

He took over as Islamic State-Khorasan head after the killing of his predecessor Abu Saeed Bajawri. Prior to that, he had been working as military chief of Peshawar city, Islamic State commander in Abdul Kheil valley of Achin district and head of Islamic State operations in Khyber Agency.

The militant leader had close ties with terrorist groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Haqqani Network.