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Published : 29 Sep 2025, 03:02 PM
A Bangladeshi man reportedly killed in a shootout with security forces in Pakistan had left home a year and a half ago, according to his family.
Seventeen members of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), were killed on Sept 26 in an operation in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Pakistani broadcaster Samaa TV reported that one of them was a Bangladeshi, though his name was not released.
Relatives in Madaripur have identified him as Faisal Hossain after seeing a photo posted on X by Pakistani journalist Jawad Yousafzai and by Mahaz, a platform that monitors militant activity in and around Pakistan.
Among the killed militants in Karak, one militant has been identified from Bangladesh. Security forces recovered Bangladeshi ID card, currency, and documents from the dead body. Earlier operation in Shah Saleem Police Station limits, Darsha Khel area of Karak. https://t.co/jumEQYNtyG pic.twitter.com/xoAltoZZpc
— Jawad Yousafzai (@JawadYousufxai) September 27, 2025
Faisal’s brother, Arman Morol, said that he used to sell prayer beads, caps and attar perfume at religious gatherings and market stalls across Bangladesh.
In March last year, he left home saying he was going to Dubai to support his family financially.
The family lives in Kalikapur Union in Madaripur Sadar. Attempts were made to reach Faisal’s father, Awal Morol, for comment, but his phone was turned off.
His uncle, Abdul Halim Morol, said he last heard about Faisal during the Eid-ul-Azha festival.
“Police intelligence said that he was in Afghanistan,” he said.
About six months after leaving Bangladesh, Faisal called his elder brother, saying that he was in Dubai and was doing well. When pressed for details, however, he did not respond.
Bangladeshi authorities have yet to issue a statement from Faisal. bdnews24.com has yet to receive a statement on the matter from law enforcing agencies.
Samaa TV, citing Pakistani authorities, reported that two or three Bangladeshis had been killed in earlier operations.
Those men, the report said, had gone to Afghanistan on the pretext of religious work, but later joined an “extremist terrorist organisation”.
