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2016-05-24 Afghanistan
Sirajuddin Haqqani among possible successors of Mullah Mansoor
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The top Taliban leaders have reportedly met on Sunday in the framework of their leadership council to discuss successor Mullah Akhtar Mansoor who was killed in an Arclight airstrike on Saturday.

The leadership council discussed regarding various possible successors, including the notorious guerrilla commander Sirajuddin Haqqani
...son of Pashtun warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani, still titular head of the Haqqani Network....
, Taliban sources told Rooters.

Sirajuddin Haqqani is the leader of the notorious Haqqani terrorist network and he reportedly played a key role in resolving the Taliban leadership issues following the confirmation of Mullah Mohammad Omar’s death.

He has a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head and would likely prove an even more implacable foe of Afghan government forces and their U.S. allies.

According to the sources, Taliban were also considering Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, a potential unifier because of his father’s name.

Former Guantanamo detainee Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir and Mullah Sherin were also cited, the sources said.

Mullah Mansoor was killed in an Arclight airstrike carried out by the US forces in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
province of Pakistain as he was travelling in a vehicle.

The Afghan government and security institutions as well as the US President Barack Obama
I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money...
confirmed Mullah Mansoor’s death on Sunday.

However,
there's more than one way to stuff a chicken...
the Taliban group has not officially confirmed Mullah Mansoor’s death so far.

Posted by Fred 2016-05-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top
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