Mullah Dadullah Front

Mullah Dadullah Front
ملا دادالله محاذ
FounderMansoor Dadullah 
Dates of operation2007–2016
Dissolved2016
Split from Taliban
Allegiance Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2007-2015)
Islamic State – Khorasan Province (2015-2016)
HeadquartersKabul, Afghanistan
IdeologySalafi Jihadism
Pro-Islamic State
Allies Taliban (2007-2015)

High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (denied)
Islamic State – Khorasan Province

Fidai Mahaz (denied)
Opponents Taliban (2015-2016)

United States

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

The Mullah Dadullah Front (also known as the Dadullah Front, the Mullah Dadullah Lang Allegiance or the Mullah Dadullah Mahaz[1]) was an insurgent group in Afghanistan that claimed responsibility for a series of bombings and assassinations centered in Kabul.[2][3]

  1. ^ Roggio, Bill (4 December 2010). "Financier for 'Mullah Dadullah Front' captured in Afghan south". The Long War Journal. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. ^ Norland, Rod, "In Afghanistan, New Group Begins Campaign of Terror Archived 12 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine", The New York Times, 19 May 2012.
  3. ^ Connor Simpson (19 May 2012). "Meet the New "More Radical" Insurgent Group in Afghanistan". The Atlantic Wire. Archived from the original on 20 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.