Colonel Imam

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Brigadier

Amir Sultan Tarar
Birth nameAmir Sultan Tarar
Nickname(s)Colonel Imam
Born(1944-04-04)4 April 1944
War in Afghanistan
  • Third civil war (1996–2001)
Awards Sitara-e-Jurat
U.S. Special Forces Tab

Consul-General of Pakistan at Herat, Afghanistan.[4] He belonged to the Tarar Jatt Muslim
family Amir Sultan Tarar was a
Mujahidin on behalf of the United States in the 1980s.[5]

"Colonel Imam" as Tarar was also known, was a

2001 United States led War on Terrorism, and supported the Taliban publicly through media.[5]

Tarar was kidnapped along with fellow ISI officer

Asad Qureshi[6] and Qureshi's driver Rustam Khan on 26 March 2010. Khawaja was killed a month later. Qureshi and Khan were released in September 2010. Amir Sultan Tarar was killed in January 2011.[7][8]

Education and military career

Amir Sultan Tarar was a graduate from the

Naqshbandia Owaisia
.

Relationships with United States

After the

the attacks of September 11, 2001.[11]

Authentic knowledge about Amir Sultan Tarar

Little is known of Amir Sultan Tarar's true history or operational profile as an agent of the ISI. Most information about 'Colonel Imam' was generated by his own admission, as well as news media speculation. Pakistan's secrecy over internal and external security, plus the code of conduct of Pakistan Armed Forces personnel serving in sensitive institutions, prevents such details from being available or verifiable. In 2010, however, Amir Sultan Tarar gave interviews to foreign and domestic journalists in Rawalpindi.[5]

Tarar's initial objective, after the Mujahedin infighting after Soviet withdrawal and before his involvement with Taliban, were unclear; his objectives at that time were just to find new friends for Pakistan from where to operate later, such as Akhaundzada of Helmand who had a blood feud with Hikmatyar and was a warlord with 17000 men under command.

According to Colonel Imam's own claims, Soviets when in Afghanistan had put a 200 million Afghani bounty on him. He also claimed that, when he presented operational details to Aslam Baig after General Zia's death about anti-soviet struggle, the later was surprised as to the extent. In Cathey Schofield's book Inside Pakistan Army, Colonel Imam admitted meeting Osama Bin Laden in 1986.

Kidnapping and execution

In March 2010, Colonel Imam, former ISI officer

North Waziristan's main town of Mirali. Qureshi and Khan were freed in September 2010.[12]

Colonel Imam was executed in captivity, as documented in a video released by

Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.[13] Both the Haqqani network and the Afghan Taliban were purportedly against the execution.[14] Colonel Imam's captors refused to release his body to his family unless a ransom was paid.[citation needed
]

References

  1. YouTube
  2. YouTube
  3. ^ Mohammed Omar#Aftermath
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-579274-4
  5. ^ a b c Carlotta Gall (3 March 2010). "Former Pakistani Officer Embodies a Policy Puzzle". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "No clue of Brit filmmaker kidnapped in Pak". The Gaea Times. 8 April 2010.
  7. ^ Perlez, Jane, "Onetime Taliban Handler Dies In Their Hands", The New York Times, 25 January 2011, p. 6.
  8. ^ "Former ISI official Col Imam killed in North Waziristan ". The Nation. 23 January 2011.
  9. ^ Mission: Difficult By Rory Callinan/Tarin Kowt Thursday, 24 January 2008. Time.
  10. ^ Walsh, Declan (12 May 2011). "Whose side is Pakistan's ISI really on?". The Guardian. London.
  11. ^ "Taliban will never be defeated, says Pak ISI agent". Rediff. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Former ISI official Col Imam killed in North Waziristan". The Nation. 23 January 2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  13. ^ Perlez, Jane (24 January 2011). "Onetime Taliban Handler Dies in Their Hands". The New York Times.
  14. ^ Unity among North Waziristan militant groups crumbles, Dawn, 28 Apr 2011
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