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Zahid Al-Sheikh
Soldier and brother of 9/11 mastermind
Zahid Al-Sheikh
Zahid Al-Sheikh (Urdu: ظاہد الشیخ) is an elder brother of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad. He volunteered to travel to Afghanistan to fight the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Following the ouster of the Soviet forces, Zahid is reported to have played a role in planning terrorist projects. He is also reported to have shifted careers to the direction of non-governmental organizations that provided aid to refugees. Zahid and two of his brothers traveled to Afghanistan in the mid-1980s. His two brothers are believed to have been killed in combat. His youngest brother, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who was later to play a senior role in al Qaeda's leadership arrived in 1987. Zahid is reported to have introduced his younger brother to leading anti-Soviet fighters. According to the 9/11 Commission, Visiting Pakistan for the first time in early 1987, he traveled to Peshawar, where his brother Zahid introduced him to the famous Afghan mujahid Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, head of the Hizbul-Ittihad...
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