serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place unit battles placeofburial nickname rank article_title name
1971 -- 1986 pak inter services intelligence -lrb- isi -rrb- karam areas -lrb- fata -rrb- kot , north waziristan , federally administered tribal april 30 , 2010 jaranwala , punjab province no. -rrb- 16 squadron panthers special service wing -lrb- ssw indo-pakistan war of 1971 soviet-afghanistan war islamabad colonel khawaja 25px squadron leader -lrb- major -rrb- khalid khawaja
 khalid khawaja
khalid khawaja

squadron leader khalid khawaja -lrb- 1951 -- 2010 -rrb- was an air force officer , and the air force 's intelligence officer of the pakistan 's inter services intelligence agency .
a former member of special service wing -lrb- ssw -rrb- and a veteran of soviet war in afghanistan , khawaja described himself as a close associate of osama bin laden in the early days of the afghan resistance against the soviet union .
he was once suspected of being involved in the murder of american reporter daniel pearl .
this was later proved to be false , but he did connect pearl with men who would eventually kill him .
