Akhtar Mansour

Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (1960s – 21 May 2016) was the second supreme leader of the Taliban. Succeeding the founding leader, Mullah Omar, he was the supreme leader from July 2015 to May 2016, when he was killed in a US drone strike in Balochistan, Pakistan.

Mullah
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour
اختر محمد منصور
Mansour as seen in a photo taken in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1998
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
In exile
29 July 2015 – 21 May 2016
Acting: 23 April 2013 – 29 July 2015
Deputy
Preceded byMullah Omar
Succeeded byHibatullah Akhundzada
First Deputy Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
In office
24 March 2010 – 29 July 2015
LeaderMullah Omar
Preceded byAbdul Ghani Baradar
Succeeded byHibatullah Akhundzada
Second Deputy Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
In office
2007 – 24 March 2010
LeaderMullah Omar
Preceded byObaidullah Akhund
Succeeded bySirajuddin Haqqani (2015)
Member of the Leadership Council of Afghanistan
In office
May 2002 – 2007
Civil Aviation Minister of Afghanistan
In office
September 1996 – December 2001
Personal details
Born1960s
Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Died21 May 2016
Ahmad Wal, Balochistan, Pakistan
Cause of deathDrone strike
Resting placeAfghanistan
Alma materDarul Uloom Haqqania
Military service
Allegiance
Years of service1985–1992
1995–2016
RankSupreme commander
Battles/warsSoviet–Afghan War
Afghan Civil War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

United States president Barack Obama stated that Mansour was killed because he was planning attacks on US targets in Kabul. Obama hoped Mansour's death would lead to the Taliban joining a peace process.

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