Ajmal Kasab: School dropout turned Jihadi - NewsX
Ahead of the Supreme Court passing the verdict on Ajmal Kasab, let's take a look at the life of the man who turned a Jihadi and the living proof of the men behind the horrors of the 26/11 attack in Mumbai. Kasab was born in Faridkot village in the Okara District of Punjab, Pakistan, to Amir Shahban Kasab and Noor Illahi. He left home after a fight with his father in 2005. He then became involved in petty crime with his friend Muzaffar Lal Khan, soon moving on to armed robbery. On 21 December 2007, Eid al-Adha, they were in Rawalpindi trying to buy weapons when they encountered members of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah, the political wing of Lashkar-e-Taiba, distributing pamphlets. After a brief chat, they decided to sign up for training with the Lashkar-e-Taiba, ending up at their base camp, Markaz Taiba.
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