Former head of the terrorist group, Hasan Mahsum, was shot dead by Pakistani troops on October 2, 2003 in a joint anti-terror operation along the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

• 东突的前首领艾山-买合苏木在2003年十月2号的巴基斯坦及阿富汗联合反恐行动中被巴基斯坦警方击毙。