1. Dadullah was the Taliban's most senior militant commander in Afghanistan until his death in 2007.
21 Facts About Dadullah
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Dadullah was known as Maulavi or Mullah Dadullah Akhund.
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Dadullah earned the nickname of Lang, meaning "lame", because of a leg he lost during fighting.
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Dadullah lost a leg while fighting with the Afghan mujahideen against Soviet occupation in the 1980s.
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Dadullah eventually got a prosthetic limb from a hospital in Karachi.
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Dadullah was a member of the Taliban's 10-man leadership council before the US-led invasion in 2001.
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Dadullah was reportedly a close aide to Mohammed Omar, the leader of the Taliban.
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In January 2001, Dadullah's forces fought a Hazara insurgency in the Yakaolang area.
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Dadullah allegedly participated in the murder of Ricardo Munguia on March 27,2003.
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Dadullah masterminded the 2006 Taliban offensive and had earned a notorious reputation amongst NATO forces by the end of the year.
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Dadullah had reportedly been a central figure in the recruitment of Pakistani nationals to the Taliban and was one of the main Taliban spokesmen, frequently meeting with Al-Jazeera television reporters.
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Dadullah was linked to massacres of Shi'a, the scorched earth policy of Shi'a villages in 2001, and the summary execution of men suspected of throwing hand grenades into his compound in 2001.
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Dadullah oversaw Taliban negotiations for the hostage-taking of Italian reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo and his two Afghan assistants in March 2007.
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Dadullah was a brutal and cruel commander who killed and beheaded Afghan civilians.
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Afghan officials reported on May 13,2007 that Dadullah was killed the previous evening in Helmand Province in a raid by joint Afghan and NATO forces known to have included C Squadron, Special Boat Service, a British special forces unit, after he left his "sanctuary" for a meeting with fellow commanders, in southern Afghanistan.
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Some reports indicate Dadullah was killed in the Gershk district, while others claim he was killed near the Sangin and Nari Saraj district.
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On June 7,2007, the Taliban said that Dadullah's body had been returned to them, in exchange for four Afghan health ministry workers who had been held hostage, and had been buried by his family in Kandahar.
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The Taliban said that a fifth hostage had been beheaded because Dadullah's body was not returned quickly enough.
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Over time, the Dadullah Front came to be known as one of the most extremist factions within the Taliban.
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Dadullah was a very cruel person; all the people were afraid of him.
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Dadullah would tell people that either they captured an area or they were not to return to him.