List of Taliban leaders
Leaders
Table:
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.[1]

Mullah Akhtar Mansour
Commander of the Faithful

Elected July 2015.

Killed in May 2016 of a U.S. drone strike. The U.S. government, Afghan government, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban confirmed the death.

Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada
Commander of the Faithful

Elected May 2016 a few days after the US drone killed his predecessor.

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