Quetta Shura

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Taliban leadership body insurgent organization leadership leadership council

The Quetta Shura is the leadership council of the Afghan Taliban, believed to be based around Quetta in Pakistan and responsible for directing much of the movement’s political and military strategy.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Quetta Shura Taliban	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Taliban leadership body ⓘ insurgent organization leadership ⓘ leadership council ⓘ
alternativeName	Quetta Shura Taliban NERFINISHED ⓘ Rahbari Shura NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Afghan Taliban NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Taliban NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn	Balochistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Quetta NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
designatedAs	terrorist organization leadership by the United Nations sanctions regime ⓘ terrorist organization leadership by the United States ⓘ
emergedAfter	2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan ⓘ
ethnicComposition	predominantly Pashtun ⓘ
foundedBy	Mullah Mohammad Omar NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Deobandi Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamist militancy ⓘ Sunni Islamism ⓘ
language	Pashto ⓘ
leader	Haibatullah Akhundzada NERFINISHED ⓘ Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour NERFINISHED ⓘ Mullah Mohammad Omar NERFINISHED ⓘ
linkedTo	Taliban insurgency in eastern Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ cross‑border activities between Afghanistan and Pakistan ⓘ
notableMember	Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar NERFINISHED ⓘ Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir NERFINISHED ⓘ Sirajuddin Haqqani NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ NATO forces in Afghanistan ⓘ United States military presence in Afghanistan ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
responsibleFor	appointing Taliban military commanders ⓘ appointing Taliban shadow governors ⓘ approving major Taliban attacks ⓘ directing Taliban military strategy ⓘ directing Taliban political strategy ⓘ managing Taliban external relations ⓘ overseeing Taliban operations in Afghanistan ⓘ
role	leadership council of the Afghan Taliban NERFINISHED ⓘ military leadership of the Taliban insurgency ⓘ political leadership of the Taliban insurgency ⓘ strategic decision‑making body of the Taliban ⓘ
structure	council of senior Taliban leaders NERFINISHED ⓘ headed by an Amir al‑Mumineen (Commander of the Faithful) ⓘ
timePeriod	post‑2001 Taliban insurgency ⓘ
uses	shuras (councils) for decision‑making ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akhtar Mansour → associatedWith → Quetta Shura ⓘ

Taliban insurgency → relatedOrganization → Quetta Shura ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quetta Shura Taliban