SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, 13 November 2005 — Malik Allah Khan, chief of Ahmed Zai tribe, was killed in an ambush in Wana market while he was returning home. He died on the spot.
Tribal sources said Malik Allah Khan, alias Allahgai, who was an active member of the pro-government Amn (Peace) Committee that backed military operations last year against tribal and foreign militants in Wana, was fired at as he walked home after disembarking from a passenger wagon at his village Oucha Khwara, near Kaloosha, in Azam Warsak area.
Armed men, in a car, had chased the wagon before shooting Malik Allah Khan dead before escaping.
Malik Allah Khan, who was returning home from Wana when he was killed, was the 74th pro-government tribal elder to be murdered in South Waziristan. It is widely believed that the militants are behind these killings but no arrests have been made and nobody has been specifically blamed for the attacks.
