Taliban militant makes 69 connections on LinkedIn, lists 'jihad' as skill

A former Taliban militant, who now openly promotes himself as the spokesman for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan splinter group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, has reportedly made 69 connections on LinkedIn.

Ehsanullah Ehsan, describes himself as "self-employed" and even lists "jihad and journalism" as his skill on his LinkedIn account, reported The Daily Star.

Ehasan's Taliban splinter group had threatened to attack the United Kingdom in October to retaliate against the arrest of Anjem Choudary, a radical Islamist cleric and eight other British extremists in London.

Pakistan authorities declared a 650,000 pound bounty on his head after he blatantly boasted of the Taliban's responsibility for the attack on Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head in October 2012 for wanting to go to school.

Ehsan justified the attack by saying that Yousafzai was preaching against Taliban and was promoting western culture in Pashtun areas. She also called President Barack Obama her idol, he said.

A spokesman for LinkedIn said that the company's security team had decided to "restrict" the account and it would no longer be in operation.

She added that the social network site suspected that it was a fake account, pointing to the "lack of Taliban recruiting messages.