Akhtar Mohammad Mansur (c. 1959 – 21 May 2016) was an Afghan militant who served as the second supreme leader of the Taliban from 2015 until his assassination in a US drone strike in Balochistan, Pakistan in 2016. He was a close aide and successor...
On 21 May 2016, Akhtar Mansur, the second leader of the Taliban, 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 border; Mansur had crossed earlier that day...
Hibatullah Akhundzada (born 20 October 1967) is an Afghan politician and cleric who is serving as the supreme leader of Afghanistan under the Taliban government. He has led the Taliban since 2016, and came to power with its victory over U.S.-backed...
Muhammad Umar Mujahid (c. 1950 to 1962 – 23 April 2013), commonly known as Mullah Omar or Muhammad Omar, was an Afghan militant and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. He founded the Taliban, an...
Mansour (Arabic: منصور, Manṣūr); also spelled Mansoor, Monsoor, Mansur or Mensur is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root naṣr (نصر), meaning "victory." The first known bearer of the name was Mansur ibn Sarjun,...
Akhtar, Akhter, or Aktar (Persian: اختر, Pashto: اختر) is a unisex given name and surname of Persian origin.
The Taliban was formed in Kandahar in September 1994 during the Second Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) under the leadership of Umar Mujahid. With the support of Pakistan, the Taliban captured Kandahar from the forces of Naqibullah Akhund in November...
Ahmad Wal (Urdu: احمد وال, romanized: Aḥmad Wāl) is a town in the Pakistani province of Balochistan about 20 miles from the Afghan border. Ahmad Wal railway station is on the Quetta–Taftan Line. Taliban leader Akhtar Mansur was killed in a convoy...
This is an index of lists detailing military conflicts involving the United States, organized by time period. Although the United States has formally declared war only five times and these declarations cover a total of 11 separate instances against...
This is a list of individuals who have been the targets of assassination by the United States. American authorities usually define these killings as 'targeted killings'.