Qari Abdullah (died March 2, 2017) was a long term senior Taliban leader, and spokesman. He played a key role in the negotiation that lead to the 2014 release of Bowe Bergdahl, a US soldier who had been held by the Taliban for years.
Abdullah was part of the Haqqani Network, a powerful branch of the Taliban.
In 2010 Qari Abdullah was identified as the Taliban leader responsible for recruiting and training child soldiers. He was reported to have been a former child soldier himself.
On March 12, 2015, Punjab authorities listed Abdullah on their list of most wanted terrorists.
On March 3, 2017, a Department of Defense spokesmen reported he had been killed in a drone strike in Khost Province.
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