Omar Khalid

Omar Khalid (Urdu:عمر خالد), also known as Omar Khalid Khorasani is the commander of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Mohmand Agency. He is considered one of TTP's most effective and powerful leaders in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. His real name is Abdul Wali and belongs to the Safi tribe.

Omar Khalid gained prominence in Mohmand during the summer of 2007 after seizing the shrine of a famous anti-colonialist fighter in the village of Ghazi Abad and renaming it Lal Masjid (Red Mosque), after the radical mosque in Islamabad whose followers had attempted to impose sharia in the Pakistani capital. In July 2008, Khalid became the dominant Taliban commander in Mohmand after defeating the Shah Khalid group (also known as Shah Sahib group), a rival pro-Taliban militant group associated with Lashkar-e-Toiba.