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...
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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...
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settling religious issues among members of the Taliban. Both Omar and Akhtar Mansour, his successor as supreme leader, consulted Akhundzada on matters of...
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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...
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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...
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Pakistan Army Akhtar Mansour (1960s–2016), Afghan supreme leader, second leader of the Taliban Akhtar Mengal (born 1962), Pakistani politician Akhtar Mirza,...
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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...
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died in 2010 and Akhtar Mansour was the operational leader of the Taliban. Four religious scholars at the meeting decided that Mansour should continue...
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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...
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(second deputy, 2002–2007) Akhtar Mansour (second deputy, 2007–2010) Served under: Mullah Omar Succeeded by Akhtar Mansour Preceded by Sher Mohammad Abbas...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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grown disillusioned with the leadership of the Taliban under Mullah Akhtar Mansour over peace talks with the Kabul government, opening a political office...
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Hafiz Saeed Khan, the leader (emir) of ISIS-K, Afghan Taliban head Akhtar Mansour, and successive TPP heads Baitullah Mehsud and Hakimullah Mehsud Destruction...
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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...
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Johnson Theresa May David Cameron John F. Campbell Hibatullah Akhundzada Akhtar Mansour † Ayman al-Zawahiri Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2019–2021) Abu...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2007 Leader Mullah Omar Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Akhtar Mansour Defense Minister of Afghanistan In office April 1997 – September 9,...
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Directorate of Security. Following the August 2015 announcement that Akhtar Mansour had succeeded the deceased Mullah Omar as leader of the Taliban, Mansoor...
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Mutmaen, Politician, Spokesperson of Mullah Omar, Adviser to Mullah Akhtar Mansour, senior member of The Taliban Sher Khan Nasher, Loe Khan (Grand Khan)...
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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...
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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...
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