Dadullah

Mullah Dadullah Akhund (* 1966 † 12 May 2007) was a leader of the Taliban, who possessed particularly in the region around Kandahar over big impact. The BBC described him as "the most dangerous military leader of the Taliban." According to the Afghan armed forces of 13 May 2007, which were confirmed by the Afghan government, Mullah Dadullah was in May 2007 during fighting between Taliban militias and NATO and government forces in Helmand province killed.

In the 1980s, he fought as a mujahedeen against the Soviet Union, where he lost a leg by a mine. In the 1990s he became one of the leaders of the Taliban and was appointed by Mullah Omar in their ten-member Leadership Council ( Rahbari shura ). Despite his disability, he succeeded in December 2001 to escape an ambush by the fighting against the Taliban Northern Alliance in Kunduz province, which earned him a great reputation among the Taliban and the French.

Through clever use of the media, he was able to provide a strong presence among the population and to gain by hard and often cruel occurrence, for example, in propaganda DVDs among the supporters of the Taliban, the reputation of a " relentless authority."