Dr. Afridi graduated from the Khyber Med Coll, Univ of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan in 1972. He works in Maumee, OH and specializes in Vascular Surgery. Dr. Afridi is affiliated with Mercy St Charles Hospital, Mercy St Vincent Medical Center, Promedica Bay Park Hospital and St Lukes Hospital.
A Pakistani Taliban spokesman Mohammad Afridi downplayed Saturdays operation against the militants saying that such operations hardly matter to the militants. He took responsibility for the Sunday suicide bombing and said the politician was targeted because he had set up a militia to battle again
"This was to teach them a lesson, and we will continue to carry out attacks wherever and whenever possible, no matter if it is a school or a school bus," said Mohammad Afridi, a Pakistani Taliban spokesman in the Dara Adam Khel region, which is close to Matani.