Afghan Biographies
Mullah Dadullah Front
Name | Mullah Dadullah Front |
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Mahaaz-e-Dadullah Mahaz-e Mullah Dadullah: The group also claimed responsibility for the assassination of a former Taliban minister, Mullah Arsala Rahmani in May 2012. After the Dadullah Front claimed responsibility for it, the Taliban responded that there was no such organization affiliated with the Taliban, and suggested that the Dadullah Front had actually been created by Afghan intelligence. Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, said the attacks claimed by the Dadullah Group were really the work of one man. NDS announced on May 19, 2012 that it had arrested three members of the front in Kabul. The alleged members, who are in custody, were reportedly in possession of several suicide vests. Analysts consider the Dadullah Front to be a "hard-core" offshoot within the larger Taliban movement.It is unclear how numerically strong the Dadullah Front is, but the group has recently expanded its sphere of influence to the southeastern provinces of Zabul and Ghazni, in addition to the southern provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, and Uruzgan.(20120523)
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Last Modified | 2016-08-18 |
Established | 2012-05-20 |