Azam Tariq or Rais Khan (died 25 September 2016) was a spokesperson for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the fourth-highest ranking commander in the group.
[1] For his first act as spokesman, he claimed responsibility on behalf of the TTP for a suicide bombing at a security checkpoint along the Pakistan-Afghan border near Torkham on August 27, 2009.
[2] In August 2010 Tariq referred to the presence of foreign aid organizations providing relief in response to massive flooding as "unacceptable.
[4] In May 2014, he and other militants based in South Waziristan split from the main TTP and formed their own faction led by Khan Said Sajna.
On 25 September 2016, Pakistani security sources stated that Tariq and his son, Shafiullah had been killed along with two other TTP leaders in airstrikes carried out by Afghan forces and NATO in Barmal District, Paktia Province of Afghanistan.