در ۹ جولای ۲۰۱۵ ، وی در حمله هوایی آمریکا در والسولی هسکه مینه، استان ننگرهار، افغانستان کشته شد. یکی دیگر از فرماندهان داعش به نام گل زمان که اهل اورکزی از مناطق قبیلهای فدرال پاکستان بود نیز در این حمله کشته شد.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/11729868/Senior-Pakistani-Taliban-leader-killed-drone-strike.html|title=Senior Pakistani Taliban leader killed drone strike|website=[[telegraph.co.uk]]|accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/09/asia/afghanistan-isis-leader-killed/index.html|title=Agency: ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed in airstrike|authors=Masoud Popalzai and Greg Botelho|publisher=[[cnn.com]]|accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/917788/formert-ttp-leader-shahidullah-shahid-killed-in-drone-strike-reports/|title=Former TTP leader Shahidullah Shahid killed in US drone strike - The Express Tribune|date=9 July 2015|website=tribune.com.pk|publisher=[[The Express Tribune]]|accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/former-ttp-mouthpiece-shahidullah-shahid-killed-in-us-missile-strike-567/|title=Former TTP mouthpiece Shahidullah Shahid killed in US drone strike|publisher=[[Daily Pakistan]]|website=dailypakistan.com.pk|accessdate=19 July 2016|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/top-isil-leader-afghanistan-killed-drone-strike-150709162540428.html|title=Top ISIL leader in Afghanistan 'killed in drone strike'|publisher=[[aljazeera.com]]|accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref>