Afghan Biographies
Mullah Mohammad Rasul Akhund
Name | Mullah Mohammad Rasul Akhund |
Ethnic backgr. | Pashtun |
Date of birth | 1965 |
Function/Grade | Dissident Taliban Commander |
History and Biodata |
2. Previous Functions:
Mullah Rasool Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund Mullah Mohammad Rassoul Nowrozi Mullah Muhammad Rasul was born 1965 in Kadahar Province where he hails from. Other sources say he was born in Bakwah District Bakwa District, Farah Province. Taliban commanders in Afghanistan's western Farah province in which Mullah Mohammad Rasool was chosen to lead the dissident group, causing deep divisions in the insurgency. Rasool – who the faction group says was a close aide of Mullah Omar – wearing glasses and a black turban while delivering a 13-minute speech on Nov 3, 2015 in Farah Province. Mullah Rasool has appointed four commanders of the group as his deputies. Abdul Manan Niazi, Mansoor Dadullah and Shir Mohammad Akhundzada appointed as deputies on military affairs and Mullah Baz Mohammad Haris for political affairs.
Mullah Muhammad Rasul as a Taliban-appointed governor exerted economic pressures on ethnic and religious minorities unpopular with the Taliban, and made a considerable fortune controlling cross-border drug-smuggling through Nimruz. Rasul founded a new city, and capital of the province, called Ghurghuri, in a heavily-Pashtun area. Rasul and his functionaries fled Nimroz following U.S. airstrikes on 13 November 2001, and his office was taken over by a mujahid who returned from Iran, Abdul Karim Brahui.
The chief of a breakaway Afghan Taliban group, Mullah Muhammad Rasool, has been detained by Pakistani authorities, according to two Taliban leaders on Monday. Mullah Rasool was chosen in early November by several Taliban cadres opposed to Mullah Akhtar Mansoor’s ascendency to head the splinter group.(20160322)
Background as of 20151203: The breakaway Taliban group, which is opposed to Mullah Mansour, appointed Mullah Mohammad Rassoul Nowrozi as leader. He in turn appointed Mullah Baz Mohammad and Mullah Mansour Dadullah as his military deputies. Mullah Manan Neyazi was also appointed as his third deputy over politics and also as spokesman for their supreme council. Mullah Rassoul hails from Loy Kariz village in Spinboldak district in Kandahar and is 40-years-old. He was governor of Nimroz during the Taliban's regime and worked closely with Mullah Omar for years. Mullah Omar considered him trustworthy. He now reportedly lives in Quetta. Mawlawi Baz Mohammad is from Khak-e-Safid district in western Farah province but lives in Gard-e-Jangalgah, in Quetta city. Mullah Mansour Dadullah is from Dehrawood district of southern Uruzgan province and he was a commander for his brother, Mullah Dadullah who at the time of his death in 2007 was senior military commander. After the death of his brother, Mullah Mansoor Dadullah took on all his responsibilities.
Mullah Abdul Manan Neyazi, who comes from Torghondi in western Herat, previously worked as the spokesman for Taliban. He was also shadow governor of Kabul province. He now lives in Ishaqabad of Pakistan. This Taliban group has strong influence in Farah, Herat, Nimroz and Uruzgan provinces and high ranking members of Quetta Shura support them. 1. Shir Mohammad Mansour, from Zurmat district in Paktika. 2. Mullah Mohammad Hassan Rahmani, resident of Meyanshin district of Kandahar but now believed to be living in Pashton Abad in Quetta city. He is the head of the recruitment commission for the Quetta Shura. 3. Mawlawi Habibullah, from Khak-e-Safid in Farah now lives in Gard-e-Jangal in Pakistan. He is a member of the Taliban's military commission and head of Habibullah Madrasa in this area. 4. Mullah Abbas, from Khas Urzgan district of Uruzgan lives in Kharot Abad in Quetta city. He is head of the Taliban's health commission. 5. Mawlawi Ahmad, originally lived in Kandahar but now resides in Quetta. 6. Mawlawi Jalil, who is known as Haqqani, is from Kandahar but lives in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. He is a member of the intelligence commission of the Quetta Shura.
7. Mullah Abdul Razaq, from Zar Qala village in Spinboldak district, Kandahar, lives in Chaman area in Pakistan. He is a member of the Quetta Shura's recruitment commission.
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Last Modified | 2018-11-30 |
Established | 2015-11-26 |