Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti

Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti
Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti
أبو أحمد الكويتي
Born	1978; Kuwait
Died	2 May 2011 (aged 32–33); Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Citizenship	Pakistani
Relatives	Abrar Khan (brother)
Military career
Allegiance	Al-Qaeda
Service/branch	Al-Qaeda central ; (1990s–2011)
Rank	Lieutenant to Osama Bin Laden
Battles/wars	Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Battle of Tora Bora (WIA); War in North-West Pakistan Operation Neptune Spear †;

Arshad Khan (1978 – 2 May 2011), commonly known as Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti (or Ibrahim Ahmad) was a Kuwaiti-born Pakistani courier for Osama bin Laden.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He was not a Kuwaiti and not an Arab, but rather he was an ethnic Pashtun and a Pakistani citizen.^[4] He adopted the last name al-Kuwaiti because his Pakistani parents lived in Kuwait.^[5] According to secret documents, he was one of the few men bin Laden completely trusted and was said to be his "favorite courier and right-hand man".^[6] He sheltered and lived with bin Laden for a number of years and was killed along with him by the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group on 2 May 2011.

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^ Woodward, Bob (12 May 2011). "Death of Osama bin Laden: Phone call pointed U.S. to compound – and to 'the pacer'". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Last year Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, the pseudonym for a Pakistani known to U.S. intelligence as the main courier for Osama bin Laden, took a call from an old friend.
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^ "Ibrahim Saeed Ahmed, Osama Bin Laden's Associate And Trusted Confidante, Identified: NATO". HuffPost. 2 June 2011. The captives said the courier was known by the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, which he adopted because their parents lived in Kuwait.
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[wp-2] Woodward, Bob (12 May 2011). "Death of Osama bin Laden: Phone call pointed U.S. to compound – and to 'the pacer'". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Last year Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, the pseudonym for a Pakistani known to U.S. intelligence as the main courier for Osama bin Laden, took a call from an old friend.

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[huff-5] "Ibrahim Saeed Ahmed, Osama Bin Laden's Associate And Trusted Confidante, Identified: NATO". HuffPost. 2 June 2011. The captives said the courier was known by the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, which he adopted because their parents lived in Kuwait.

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Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti
أبو أحمد الكويتي
Born	1978 (1978) Kuwait
Died	2 May 2011(2011-05-02) (aged 32–33) Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Citizenship	Pakistani
Relatives	Abrar Khan (brother)

Military career
Allegiance	Al-Qaeda
Service/branch	Al-Qaeda central (1990s–2011)
Rank	Lieutenant to Osama Bin Laden
Battles/wars	Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Battle of Tora Bora (WIA) War in North-West Pakistan Operation Neptune Spear †