Obaidullah Akhund

Obaidullah Akhund

Mullah Obaidullah, the Akhund (Pashto: ملا عبيدالله آخوند.) was the defence minister under the Taliban government in Afghanistan and later became an insurgent commander during the war with the United States and its allies. He was reported captured by Pakistani security forces on March 2, 2007. Obaidullah was born in the Panjwai district of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.[1]

Taliban

Mullah Obaidullah Akhund was the Defense Minister of Afghanistan, and the second of three top deputies to Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban. He is seen as the "number three" man in the Taliban.[2] In late 2001 or early 2002, Obaidullah surrendered to Northern Alliance troops, but was released as part of an amnesty.[3] He was one of the main military leaders in 2003, and was named to the Mujahideen Shura Council.[4] It is believed that he was one of the Taliban leaders closest to Osama bin Laden. Abdul Latif Hakimi, who was captured by Pakistan in 2005, said that Obaidullah was one of two people with direct access to Mullah Omar, and that Obaidullah had personally ordered insurgent attacks, including the killing of a foreign-aid official in March 2005.[1]

Capture

Obaidullah was captured by Pakistani Forces on February 26, 2007, in the city of Quetta, which is located in Balochistan, near the Afghan border.[2][5] The Taliban denied that he has been captured.[2] Obaidullah is the most senior Taliban official captured since the 2001 U.S. led invasion of Afghanistan.[6] The arrest coincided with U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney's visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan in late February 2007, but the timing has been reported to be a coincidence rather than a reaction to Cheney's visit.[6]

Obaidullah was freed in November 2007 in exchange for the release of more than 200 Pakistani soldiers captured by the Taliban. He was rearrested in February 2008.[7][8]

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