[4] He fought under the orders of Abou Zeid, the leader of AQIM, within the Katiba Tarik Ibn Zayed.

[1] When interviewed by Al Jazeera in 2012, he claimed to have traveled to Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and Algeria.

[7] In a 2015 video, Talha asked Awlad Ich members to join AQIM in the region, and called for rebellion against French forces.

[7] He succeeded Abu Yahya al-Jazairi as head of JNIM in Tombouctou Region when Jazairi was killed in a clash with Malian forces in 2020.

[7][9] He is considered to be one of the most senior figures within Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.