2026-06-19
Pashteen belongs to the Shamankhel Mahsud tribe of the Pashtuns. His father Abdul Wadud Mahsud is a primary school teacher at his village.[7]Pashteen received his early education at his village's school in South Waziristan. In 2005, Pashteen and his family were forced to flee Waziristan to settle in IDP refugee camps in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakhtunkhwa, due to military operations by the Pakistan Armed Forces against militants.[8] The family fled from their home in Waziristan for a second time in 2007, and returned in 2008, but fled again later that year due to Operation Zalzala. In 2009, he and his family were forced to flee Waziristan for the