Obaidullah Akhund
Mullah Obaidullah the Akhund (Pashto: ملا عبيدالله آخوند; c. 1968 – March 5, 2010) was the Defence Minister in the Afghan Taliban government of 1996–2001 and then an insurgent commander during the Taliban insurgency against the Afghan government of Hamid Karzai and the US-led NATO forces. He was captured by Pakistani security forces in 2007 and died of heart disease in a Pakistani prison in 2010.
Obaidullah Akhund ملا عبيدالله آخوند | |
|---|---|
| Second Deputy Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | |
| In office May 2002 – February 2007 | |
| Leader | Mullah Omar |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Akhtar Mansour |
| Defense Minister of Afghanistan | |
| In office April 1997 – September 9, 2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1968 Panjwai, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan |
| Died | March 5, 2010 (aged 41–42) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | Taliban |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Taliban (1994–2010) |
| Years of service | 1994–2010 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles/wars | Soviet–Afghan War Afghan Civil War War in Afghanistan |
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