Mullah Akhtar Mansour
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Mullah Akhtar Mansour was a senior Afghan Taliban commander who became the movement’s de facto leader after Mullah Omar and was later killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2016.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amir al-Mu'minin of the Taliban | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afghan Taliban leader
ⓘ
individual person ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | airstrike ⓘ |
| citizenship | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-05-21 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
de facto successor to Mullah Omar
ⓘ
senior Afghan Taliban commander ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Pashtun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Akhtar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Mullah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | Islamist militancy ⓘ |
| involvedIn | insurgency against NATO and Afghan forces ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in a U.S. drone strike ⓘ |
| memberOf | Taliban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| name | Mullah Akhtar Mansour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being killed by a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2016
ⓘ
leadership of the Taliban after Mullah Omar ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Afghan government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Taliban leadership council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
de facto leader of the Taliban
ⓘ
leader of the Afghan Taliban ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| roleInOrganization | supreme leader of the Taliban ⓘ |
| succeeded | Mullah Omar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetOf | U.S. counterterrorism operations ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfLeadership | after public revelation of Mullah Omar’s death until May 2016 ⓘ |
| wasPrecededBy | Mullah Omar as Taliban leader ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Amir al-Mu'minin of the Taliban