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Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, [a] also spelled Haibatullah Akhunzada, [b] is an Afghan cleric who is the supreme leader of Afghanistan in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime. He has led the Taliban since 2016, and came to power with its victory over U.S.-backed forces in the 2001–2021 war. A highly reclusive figure, he has almost ...
t. e. Osama bin Laden, the founder and former leader of al-Qaeda, went into hiding following the start of the War in Afghanistan in order to avoid capture by the United States for his role in the September 11 attacks, and having been on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list since 1999. [1] After evading capture at the Battle of Tora Bora in ...
Position. Situation. Abdul Ghani Baradar. Governor of Herat and Nimruz Province. One of the founders of the Taliban along with Omar. Said to be the Deputy leader of the Taliban [2] Captured by Pakistani forces in 2010 [3][4][5][6] and released at the request of the United States government in 2018 [7][8] Obaidullah Akhund. Minister of Defense.
The Battle of Tora Bora was a military engagement that took place in the cave complex of Tora Bora, eastern Afghanistan, from November 30 – December 17, 2001, during the final stages of the United States invasion of Afghanistan. It was launched by the United States and its allies with the objective to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, the ...
e. Osama bin Laden[a] (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi Arabian-born Islamist dissident and militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he participated in the Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union and supported the activities of the Bosnian mujahideen during the Yugoslav Wars.
The Taliban government gave a safe haven to Osama bin Laden in the years leading up to the attack, and his al-Qaeda network may have had a close relationship with the Taliban army and police. [ citation needed ] On the day of 9/11, Taliban foreign minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil told the Arab television network Al Jazeera: "We denounce this ...
20 years imprisonment. John Philip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is an American Taliban member who was captured by United States forces as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001. He was detained at Qala-i-Jangi fortress, used as a prison. He denied participating in the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi ...
Coupled with the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif five days earlier, the capture of Kabul was a significant blow to Taliban control of Afghanistan. As a result of all the losses, surviving members of the Taliban and al-Qaeda, including Osama bin Laden, [1] retreated toward Kandahar, the spiritual birthplace and home of the Taliban movement, and Tora Bora ...