He was connected with dozens of terrorist acts, including an attempt on the life of the President of Ingushetia, Murat Zyazikov.
Khashiev started his terrorist activities after he had been trained as a fighter in a Khattab's camp on the outskirts of Serzhen-Yurt, Shali region, Chechnya.
He had his hand in the explosion that occurred on the Nazran-Moscow train in October 2003 as well as in the terrorist attacks on the Caucasus road running through the region bordering the North Ossetia-Alania Republic.
However he enjoyed no respect of the Sunzhensky jamaat's rank-and-file members as he was arrogant and had pocketed money allocated by foreign extremist organisations.
[4] As part of a special operation to eliminate active gang members closely linked to Shamil Basaev, Magomed Khashiev and his distant relative Said-Magomed Khashiev were killed in a skirmish on October 10, 2004,[5][3] when the law enforcement attacked a house in Nazran, Ingushetia, where three active gang members were hiding.