New York Times: Taliban’s New Leader Strengthens His Hold With Intrigue and Battlefield Victory
KABUL, Afghanistan — If ever there was a Taliban bureaucrat who seemed set on a less than stellar career path, it was Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour.
In the 1990s, he was the Taliban government’s chief of aviation while Afghanistan had few planes in the air. He also oversaw the tourism department for what was one of the world’s most sealed-off countries at the time.
In short, there was little hint back then that he would someday emerge as the Taliban’s supreme commander, and the successor to the group’s legendary founder, Mullah Muhammad Omar.
But in the years since the Taliban leadership was driven into exile in Pakistan in 2001, Mullah Mansour became central to the group’s reincarnation as a powerful insurgency that survived NATO offensives to pose a grave threat now to the Western-backed Afghan government.
WNU Editor: This New York Times post reveals a lot of news and info on Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar that has not been previously disclosed. The Afghan Taliban leader apparently owns a cell-phone company?!?!?!?! He has a home in the United Arab Emirates that he visits frequently?!?!?!?! He is protected by plain-clothes security officials in Pakistan?!?!?!?! There is more on this Taliban leader .... take the time and read the entire post.
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