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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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Pakistani militant who was a member of al-Qaeda
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is a male Pakistani citizen born in Kuwait on April 14, 1965. He is identified as a terrorist and a member of Al-Qaeda. His religious affiliation is Islam. He is a relative of Ramzi Yousef.
Mohammed is associated with the September 11 attacks. He is currently detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1965-04-14 ) 14 April 1965 (age 61) , Kuwait City , Kuwait
- Arrested
- 1 March 2003, Rawalpindi , Pakistan
- Detained at
- Guantanamo Bay detention camp
- Status
- Life imprisonment
- Relatives
- Zahid Al-Sheikh (brother), Ramzi Yousef (nephew) , Ammar al-Baluchi (nephew)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Q16277895
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Pakistan
- Place of birth
- Kuwait
- Occupation
- terrorist
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (beskåret).jpg
- Significant event
- September 11 attacks
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- Commons category
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
- date of birth
- 1965-04-14
- place of detention
- Guantanamo Bay detention camp
- member of
- Al-Qaeda
- name in native language
- خالد شيخ محمد
- relative
- Ramzi Yousef
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Encyclopedic overview
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (born 14 April 1965; Urdu: خالد شیخ محمد; sometimes also spelled Shaykh; and known by at least 50 pseudonyms including his initials KSM), is a Kuwaiti-born Pakistani militant, and the former head of propaganda for al-Qaeda. As of 2026, he is held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp under terrorism-related charges. He was named as "the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks" in the 2004 9/11 Commission Report.
Mohammed was a member of Osama bin Laden's militant organization al-Qaeda, leading al-Qaeda's propaganda operations from around 1999 until late 2001. Mohammed was captured on 1 March 2003, in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi by a combined operation of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Immediately after his capture, Mohammed was kidnapped and taken to secret CIA prison sites in Afghanistan, then Poland, where he was interrogated and tortured by U.S. operatives. By December 2006, he had been transferred to military custody at Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
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