List of Taliban leaders
Leaders

List of Taliban leaders

Section Title: Leaders
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Name	Position	Situation

Mullah Omar	Commander of the Faithful	Founder and spiritual leader of the Taliban Died in April 2013 in Afghanistan. He was confirmed dead in July 2015 by the Afghan government and then Taliban officials.

Mullah Akhtar Mansour	Commander of the Faithful	Elected July 2015. Killed in May 2016 of a U.S.

Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada	Commander of the Faithful	Elected May 2016 a few days after the US drone killed his predecessor.

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