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...

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

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...

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...