Khalid Batarfi
| Khalid Saeed Batarfi | |
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Khalid Batarfi appearing in an AQAP video.
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| Nationality | Yemeni |
| Other names | Abu Miqdad al-Kindi |
| Known for | Senior military commander in AQAP |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  AQAP(2009–present) |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles/wars | Yemeni Civil War |
Khalid Saeed Batarfi, also known as Abu Miqdad al-Kindi,[1] is a Saudi Arabian militant and a senior member of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.[2] He oversaw the Yemen-based group's media network[3] and led jihadist fighters in their takeover of Yemen's Abyan Governorate in 2011, where he was accorded the position of emir.[4][5] He also reputedly carried out terrorist attacks in the Abyan and Hadhramaut governorates.[3]
On 17 March 2011, Batarfi was captured by security forces in the Taiz Governorate.[3] For four years, he was imprisoned in Al Mukalla. He was freed, along with about 300 other inmates, by al Qaeda fighters on 2 April 2015, during the Battle of Al Mukalla.[2][5][6] The Washington Post compared the Al Mukalla prison break to the escape of 23 fighters, including future AQAP emir Nasir al-Wuhayshi, from a Saudi prison in 2006, a formative event for the group.[7]
Batarfi attracted media attention when he posed for photographs taken by al Qaeda members in the Hadhramaut governor's palace, which fighters took over.[5][8]
References
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