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One wounded in Kabul explosion

22nd May, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Kabul police confirm an explosive device was detonated on Sunday afternoon in front of the Istiqlal Hotel in PD15. The explosion happened outside the hotel where a commemoration ceremony was being held to mark the sixth death anniversary of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, the former leader of the IEA. Click here to read more

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Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Attacks on Taliban, Mullah Mansur, Taliban Security Failure |
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How Are the Taliban Organized?

5th September, 2021 · admin

Abdul Sayed VOA News September 5, 2021 After two decades of near-constant warfare and destruction, the Taliban now face the need to figure out how to govern the underdeveloped and impoverished nation they have just recaptured. Some insight into how that may progress can be gleaned from a closer look at the group’s leadership and

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Posted in Haqqani Network, Taliban | Tags: Hibatullah Akhundzada, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Mullah Mansur, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, Pakistan takeover of Afghanistan via Taliban, Taliban - Pakistani asset |
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Court hears Mullah Mansour used fake identities to buy insurance and properties

14th December, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

Ariana: Former Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in 2016 in a US drone strike, had a life insurance policy with a Pakistan company under a false name, and had properties in Karachi worth millions, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi heard on Saturday. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Mullah Mansur |
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The Rise Of Mullah Yaqoob, The Taliban’s New Military Chief

27th August, 2020 · admin · 10 Comments

By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 27, 2020 Mohammad Yaqoob was virtually unknown five years ago when the Taliban disclosed the mysterious death of his father and its founder, Mullah Mohammad Omar. The Taliban acknowledged that its spiritual leader had been dead for more than two years, soon after Afghan intelligence said he had

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Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Hibatullah Akhundzada, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Mullah Mansur, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, Mullah Omar |
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Mullah Mansoor’s Pakistani Passport, a Sign of Corruption or Complicity?

12th November, 2017 · admin

Madeeha Anwar VOA News November 11, 2017 WASHINGTON — Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal recently responded to an inquiry from parliament’s upper house on how slain Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor was able to get a Pakistani passport. Mansoor was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan’s Balochistan province in May 2016 when he

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Air Force, Mullah Mansur |
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Pakistan Most likely Engineered Mullah Mansour’s Death: Report

10th August, 2017 · admin

Tolo News: In the hours before he was killed in an American drone strike, Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, the Taliban leader, knew something was wrong, according to a New York Times report. The report said that he was on his way home from a secret visit to Iran in May 2016, driving across a remote stretch

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Mullah Mansur |
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Taliban Unleashes ‘Spring Offensive’ in Afghanistan

28th April, 2017 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News April 28, 2017 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban has unleashed its annual so-called “spring offensive” in Afghanistan, saying it will mainly target U.S.-led foreign “occupation” troops to force them to quit the country. In a formal announcement released Friday, the Islamist insurgency claimed “Operation Mansouri” went into action early Friday morning across all

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Mullah Mansur |
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Pakistan ‘Squeezing’ Fugitive Taliban Leaders to Leave or Engage in Afghan Peace Process

23rd October, 2016 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News October 23, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Fugitive Afghan Taliban leaders are being increasingly pressured to relocate from Pakistan along with their families and businesses for refusing to join peace talks with Kabul, officials and insurgent sources told VOA in background interviews. “The squeeze is continuing on them [the Taliban] and some have already

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Posted in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, Security, Taliban | Tags: Mullah Mansur, Mullah Omar |
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Taliban Formally Denies Reports of Meetings with Afghan Government

19th October, 2016 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News October 18, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban has formally refuted reports of secret meetings with Afghan government officials, insisting there has been no change in the group’s policy for holding peace negotiations. The Guardian newspaper, in an exclusive article published Tuesday, quoted anonymous Afghan officials and sources within the Taliban as confirming

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Taliban | Tags: Hibatullah Akhundzada, Mullah Mansur, Zabihullah Mujahid |
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Afghan Taliban Struggle Financially Since Leader’s Death

13th October, 2016 · admin

Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News October 12, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Afghan Taliban appear to be facing financial pressure since the death of their former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was more adept at managing money, according to the spokesman of NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan. “The evidence we’ve seen of that is an increase in their

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Posted in Drone warfare, Drugs, Security, Taliban | Tags: Mullah Mansur |
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