The slideshow was part of a 56-second video posted on jihadist websites on February 6 and was prepared by Umar Studio, the media wing of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Taliban. — Reuters/File Photo

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Taliban have included a Briton and an American in a slideshow of fighters killed in battle that also eulogises Al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden.

According to the US monitoring service SITE, the 12-minute, 56-second video was posted on jihadist websites on February 6 and was prepared by Umar Studio, the media wing of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

It identifies the American by the name of Inaam and the Briton as Abbas, whom SITE said had been identified by the TTP in a prior video as Omar al-Britani and who gave a speech in English.

No date or location was listed for their deaths. It showed a photograph of Abbas wearing a black turban and sporting a thick black beard. Inaam was shown smiling slightly.

The video starts with a recitation of Quranic verses, before showing photographs of the slain fighters while they were alive or in death.

It also includes a photograph of Osama, who was shot dead by US Navy SEALs in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad on May 2, 2011.

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