Khalid Khawaja Military person

Squadron Leader Khalid Khawaja (1951–2010) was an Air Force officer, and the Air Force's intelligence officer of the Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence agency.A former member of Special Service Wing (SSW) and a veteran of Soviet war in Afghanistan, Khawaja described himself as a close associate of Osama bin Laden in the early days of the Afghan resistance against the Soviet Union. He was once suspected of being involved in the murder of American reporter Daniel Pearl. This was later proved to be false, but he did connect Pearl with men who would eventually kill him.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1951
Birth place
Punjab Pakistan , Jaranwala
Date of deathApril 30, 2010
Place of death
Federally Administered Tribal Areas , North Waziristan , Mirali
Resting place
Islamabad

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Military person

military operations
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Soviet war in Afghanistan
military branch
Inter-Services Intelligence
military unit
List of Pakistan Air Force squadrons
Special Service Wing
service start1971
service end1986

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