Akhtar Mansour

Mullah
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour
اختر محمد منصور
Mansour as seen in a photo taken in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1998[1]
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
In exile
29 July 2015 – 21 May 2016
Acting: 23 April 2013 – 29 July 2015[note 1]
Deputy
Preceded byMullah Omar
Succeeded byHibatullah Akhundzada
First Deputy Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[8]
In office
24 March 2010[5][6][7] – 29 July 2015
LeaderMullah Omar
Preceded byAbdul Ghani Baradar
Succeeded byHibatullah Akhundzada[8]
Second Deputy Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[9]
In office
2007[9] – 24 March 2010
LeaderMullah Omar
Preceded byObaidullah Akhund[10]
Succeeded bySirajuddin Haqqani (2015)
Member of the Leadership Council of Afghanistan
In office
May 2002[11] – 2007
Civil Aviation Minister of Afghanistan
In office
September 1996 – December 2001
Personal details
Born1960s[12][13][14][15]
Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Died21 May 2016
Ahmad Wal, Balochistan, Pakistan
Cause of deathDrone strike
Resting placeAfghanistan[16]
Alma materDarul Uloom Haqqania[17]
OccupationPolitician, Taliban member
Military service
Allegiance
Years of service1985–1992
1995–2016
RankSupreme commander
Battles/warsSoviet–Afghan War
Afghan Civil War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Akhtar Mohammad Mansour[a] (1960s – 21 May 2016) was the second supreme leader of the Taliban. Succeeding the founding leader, Mullah Omar, he was the supreme leader from July 2015 to May 2016, when he was killed in a US drone strike in Balochistan, Pakistan.

United States president Barack Obama stated that Mansour was killed because he was planning attacks on US targets in Kabul.[18] Obama hoped Mansour's death would lead to the Taliban joining a peace process.[19]

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  2. ^ Goldstein, Joseph (4 October 2015). "Taliban's New Leader Strengthens His Hold With Intrigue and Battlefield Victory". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Taliban sources - Afghan Taliban appoint Mansour as leader". Reuters. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Taliban resignation points to extent of internal divisions in leadership crisis". Agence France-Presse. Kabul. The Guardian. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ Basit, Abdul (November 2015). "Future of the Afghan Taliban Under Mullah Akhtar Mansoor". Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses. 7 (10). International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research: 9–13. JSTOR 26351395. Retrieved 24 January 2022 – via JSTOR.
  6. ^ Sayed, Abdul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. ^ Pir Zubair Shah; Dexter Filkins (24 March 2010). "After Arrests, Taliban Promote a Fighter". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b Sofuoglu, Murat (27 September 2021). "How the Taliban governs itself". TRT World. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  9. ^ a b Osman, Borhan (24 November 2015). "Toward Fragmentation? Mapping the post-Omar Taleban". Afghan Analysts Network. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  10. ^ Sayed, Abdul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  11. ^ Sayed, Abdul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  12. ^ a b c "Introduction of the newly appointed leader of Islamic Emirate, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad". Shahamat. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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  14. ^ Shereena Qazi. POLITICS. published by Al Jazeera Media Network 3 August 2015 19:16 GMT. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  15. ^ Report, Pajhwok (31 July 2015). "Biography of new Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor". Pajhwok. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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  17. ^ "Who is 'new Taliban leader' Akhtar Mansoor?". 30 July 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  18. ^ Cite error: The named reference AmhadLanday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference reu1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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