1. Mullah Mansoor Dadullah was the Taliban militant commander Mullah Dadullah's younger half-brother who succeeded him as a senior military commander of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
10 Facts About Mansoor Dadullah
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Mansoor Dadullah came from the Arghandab district of Kandahar province, and belonged to the Kakar Pashtun tribe.
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Mansoor Dadullah appeared in a video which showed the "graduation ceremony" of would-be suicide bombers.
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In March 2007, Mansoor Dadullah was serving a prison sentence in Kabul when he was released along with several other Taliban prisoners in exchange for Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo.
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Mansoor Dadullah's appointment is not thought to be the result of any particular ability, but simply due to his kinship with Dadullah.
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Mansoor Dadullah did receive support from Al-Qaeda, who wished him to employ the tactics of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Afghanistan.
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On February 11,2008, Dadullah was seriously wounded and captured by Pakistani security forces in a crackdown on Taliban in Gawal Ismailzai area.
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However, other Afghan sources state that Mansoor Dadullah denied joining the Islamic State in Afghanistan and was still loyal to the Taliban.
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Mansoor Dadullah was killed in November 2015 in clashes between his forces and those loyal to Taliban leader Mansour in the Khak-e-Afghan District of Zabul.
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The claims of his death were supported by local tribal elders, government officials and Taliban commanders, however his spokesman, Mullah Naim Niazi, said that Mansoor Dadullah had only been wounded.