Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (1960s – 21 May 2016) was the second supreme leader of the Taliban. Succeeding the founding leader, Mullah Omar, he was the supreme...

On 21 May 2016, Akhtar Mansour was killed in a U.S. military drone strike on the N-40 National Highway in Pakistan near Ahmad Wal, not far from the Pakistan–Afghanistan...

settling religious issues among members of the Taliban. Both Omar and Akhtar Mansour, his successor as supreme leader, consulted Akhundzada on matters of...

second deputy leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by Leader Akhtar Mansour upon the latter's election on 29 July 2015. He was elevated to the position...

April 2013 and rumors escalated that he had been assassinated by rival Akhtar Mansour, Yaqoob denied the rumor, insisting that his father had died of natural...

Pakistan Army Akhtar Mansour (1960s–2016), Afghan supreme leader, second leader of the Taliban Akhtar Mengal (born 1962), Pakistani politician Akhtar Mirza,...

allegiance to the new government. In 2015, Akhtar Mansour was appointed as the leader of the Taliban. However, Mansour's claim to the leadership was rejected...

died in 2010 and Akhtar Mansour was the operational leader of the Taliban. Four religious scholars at the meeting decided that Mansour should continue...

Akhtar Mansour was killed in a convoy southwest of the town by a U.S. drone strike on May 21, 2016. Crawford, Jamie. "Taliban leader Mullah Mansour likely...

(second deputy, 2002–2007) Akhtar Mansour (second deputy, 2007–2010) Served under: Mullah Omar Succeeded by Akhtar Mansour Preceded by Sher Mohammad Abbas...

Abdul Ghani Baradar. Haqqani was first appointed as a deputy leader by Akhtar Mansour in 2015, and was retained by Akhundzada. Upon assuming office in 2016...

senior Taliban leader Akhtar Mansour to write a letter which was addressed to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and in that letter, Akhtar Mansour argued that the war...

Mehsud, Mehsud's successor (killed in a strike on 1 November 2013), and Akhtar Mansour, leader of the Afghan Taliban (killed in a strike on 21 May 2016 in...

vehicle near Ahmad Wal in Pakistan, reportedly killing Taliban leader Akhtar Mansour and the driver. It is the first U.S. UAV strike in that part of Pakistan...

grown disillusioned with the leadership of the Taliban under Mullah Akhtar Mansour over peace talks with the Kabul government, opening a political office...

calling Akhtar Mansour a "forger". Dadullah was killed in November 2015 in clashes between his forces and those loyal to Taliban leader Mansour in the...

Hafiz Saeed Khan, the leader (emir) of ISIS-K, Afghan Taliban head Akhtar Mansour, and successive TPP heads Baitullah Mehsud and Hakimullah Mehsud Destruction...

leader Akhtar Mansour began to fight a pro-IS faction, led by Mullah Mansoor Dadullah. According to Afghan security and local officials, Akhtar Mansour had...

Subhy Mansour, Egyptian cleric, founder of the Quranist group Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (1968–2016), leader of the Taliban, in Afghanistan Amal Mansour (1950–2018)...

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alumni. A number of leading members of the Taliban, including past chief Akhtar Mansour, studied here. Maulana Abdul Haq (1912–1988) founded the institution...

Peshawar. He was close to the original Taliban leader Mohammed Omar and Akhtar Mansour, who succeeded Omar, and Sadr rose in the Taliban hierarchy. Sadr was...

allegiance to Akhtar Mansour, saying "I and other members of the Political Office of the Islamic Emirate declare allegiance to the honorable Mullah Akhtar Mansoor...

Mullah Akhtar Mansour poisoned the medicine that he got from Dubai, damaging Omar's liver and causing him to grow weaker. When Omar summoned Mansour and...

supreme commander of the Taliban. Mullah Akhtar Mansour was elected as his replacement in 2015, and following Mansour's killing in a May 2016 US drone strike...

2007 Leader Mullah Omar Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Akhtar Mansour Defense Minister of Afghanistan In office April 1997 – September 9,...

Directorate of Security. Following the August 2015 announcement that Akhtar Mansour had succeeded the deceased Mullah Omar as leader of the Taliban, Mansoor...

Mutmaen, Politician, Spokesperson of Mullah Omar, Adviser to Mullah Akhtar Mansour, senior member of The Taliban Sher Khan Nasher, Loe Khan (Grand Khan)...

of disagreement over the ascension of Akhtar Mansour as leader of the Taliban. Rasul's followers accuse Mansour of hijacking the movement due to personal...

concluded, it emerged that the leader of this delegation, who claimed to be Akhtar Mansour, the second-in-command of the Taliban, was actually an imposter who...