Dadullah Akhund

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Mullah Dadullah Akhund (also Dadullah Achund , * 1966 ; † May 12, 2007 ) was a Taliban leader who was particularly influential in the Kandahar region . The BBC described him as "the Taliban's most dangerous military leader". According to information provided by the Afghan armed forces on May 13, 2007, and confirmed by the Afghan government, Mullah Dadullah was killed in fighting between Taliban militias and NATO and government forces in Helmand province in May 2007 .

In the 1980s he fought as a mujahidek against Soviet intervention , losing a leg to a mine. In the 1990s he rose to become a leader of the Taliban and was appointed by Mullah Omar to its ten-member leadership council ( rahbari shura ). Despite his disability, he managed to escape from an ambush by the Northern Alliance fighting the Taliban in Kunduz province in December 2001, which earned him great prestige among the Taliban and the French.

By skillfully exploiting the media, he achieved a strong presence among the population and, through his harsh and often cruel demeanor, for example in propaganda DVDs, earned the reputation of an “unyielding authority” among supporters of the Taliban.

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  1. ↑ “the most dangerous Taleban military commander”. Rahimullah Yusufzai: “The Taleban's most feared commander” . news.bbc.co.uk, May 19, 2006 (accessed March 1, 2007)
  2. ↑ Deutsche Welle May 13, 2007, accessed on May 13, 2007 ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutsche-welle.de
  3. ↑ BBC News, May 13, 2007, accessed May 13, 2007
  4. ↑ a b Rahimullah Yusufzai: “The Taleban's most feared commander” . news.bbc.co.uk, May 19, 2006 (accessed March 1, 2007)
  5. ↑ Matthias Gebauer: "The new star of the god warriors" . spiegel.de, February 28, 2007 (accessed on March 1, 2007)
personal data
SURNAME Akhund, Dadullah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mullah Dadullah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Afghan Taliban leader
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 2007
Place of death Province Helmand