Mullah Akhtar Mansour

Daesh leader for Afghanistan and Pakistan killed in US drone strike

Peshawar - Arab Today

The leader of Daesh’s branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a US drone strike on July 26, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announced the news to Reuters. The death of Hafiz Saeed Khan is a blow to efforts by Daesh to expand from its heartlands in Syria and Iraq into AfghanistanRead more

World ‘abandoned Pakistan to face suicides alone’

Berlin - Arab Today

Pakistan’s Gen. Asim Bajwa, director-general inter-services public relations (ISPR), in an interview on Wednesday said the narrative that Islamabad has not done enough to fight terrorism was “unfair” as it did not recognize the country’s contributions to the war against terror, Dawn reported. Bajwa said, “The world had abandoned Pakistan to handle and face the terrorists in the region alone,Read more

Pakistan arrests 2 officers for helping Afghan Taliban chief get ID card

Islamabad - Arab Today

Pakistan said on Saturday that two officers have been arrested for helping the Afghan Taliban chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, get fake Pakistani identity card and Pakistani citizenship for his second wife and children. Mansour, who had been living in Pakistan as Wali Muhammad, was killed in a U.S. drone strike in southwestern Balochistan province on May 21. A Pakistani computerizedRead more

Pakistan confirms Mullah Mansour's death in US strike

Islamabad - Arab Today

The foreign affairs adviser to Pakistan’s prime minister said Thursday that “all indicators” confirmed that the former Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone strike in the country’s southwestern Baluchistan province, where he was traveling under a false name with fake Pakistani identity documents. At a news conference in the capital, Islamabad, Sartaj Aziz said authoritiesRead more

Akhundzada new Taliban leader

Kabul - Arab Today

The Afghan Taliban confirmed on Wednesday that their leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone strike last week and that they have appointed a successor — a scholar who is unlikely to back a peace process with Kabul. The announcement came as a suicide bomber struck a minibus carrying court employees in the Afghan capital, killing atRead more

Afghan Taliban Announce New Leader

Kabul - Arab Today

The Afghan Taliban have announced a new leader to replace Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike. In a statement, the Taliban acknowledged Mansour's death for the first time and named his successor as Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, according to the (BBC) Mansour was killed in a strike on his car in Pakistan's Balochistan province onRead more

Afghan Taliban appoint new leader

Kabul - Arab Today

The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday announced Haibatullah Akhundzada as their new chief, elevating a low-profile religious figure after officially confirming the death of Mullah Mansour in a US drone strike. The surprise announcement coincided with a powerful suicide bombing near the capital Kabul, which killed at least 10 court employees in an attack that was not immediately claimed by anyRead more

Iran denies killed Taliban leader Mullah Mansour visited Tehran

Tehran - Arab Today

Iran on Monday denied reports that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour entered Pakistan from the Islamic republic before being killed in a United States (US) drone strike, Russian Today reported. Pakistani security officials on Sunday said that the man killed on Saturday in Balochistan, believed at the time to be Mansour, had just returned from Iran when his vehicleRead more

Pakistan condemns US drone strike against Taliban without prior arrangement

Islamabad - Arab Today

Pakistan's government condemned the US drone strike and targeted Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour without a prior arrangement with the Pakistani authorities, considering it was a violation of sovereignty. The drone attack was a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty, an issue which has been raised with the United States in the past as well, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said in aRead more

Afghan government : it is likely that Taliban leader killed

Kabul - Arab Today

A top Afghan government official said on Sunday it was likely that Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a U.S. air strike, ABC news reported. "Last night, American officials informed the Afghan government and it is very likely that he is killed. As soon as we get more information we will inform our people," said Afghan Chief ExecutiveRead more