Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti
Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti | |
|---|---|
| أبو أحمد الكويتي | |
| Born | 1978 Kuwait |
| Died | 2 May 2011 (aged 32–33) Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Relatives | Abrar Khan (brother) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Al-Qaeda |
| Branch | Al-Qaeda central (1990s–2011) |
| Rank | Lieutenant to Osama Bin Laden |
| Battles / wars | Afghan Civil War |
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.
He was an ethnic Pashtun and a Pakistani citizen who adopted the last name al-Kuwaiti because his Pakistani parents lived in Kuwait. According to secret documents, he was one of the few men bin Laden completely trusted and was said to be his "favourite courier and right-hand man". He sheltered and lived with bin Laden for years and was killed along with him by the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group on 2 May 2011.