Dadullah
Sign in to saveDadullah (1966 – May 11, 2007) was the Taliban's most senior militant commander in Afghanistan until his death in 2007. He was also known as Maulavi or Mullah Dadullah Akhund (). He also earned the nickname of Lang, meaning "lame" (as in Timur Lang), because of a leg he lost during fighting.
Key facts
- Military person.name
- Dadullah Akhund
- Military person.native_name
- دادالله آخوند
- Military person.native_name_lang
- ps
- Military person.image
- Mullah Dadullah.png
- Military person.birth_date
- Around 1967
- Military person.death_date
- May 11, 2007 (aged 40)
- Military person.birth_place
- Uruzgan Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Military person.death_place
- Asadullah Khan Akah Drop, Garmsir, Helmand, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Military person.allegiance
- 25px Taliban
- Military person.serviceyears
- 1994–2007
- Military person.rank
- Commander
- Military person.battles
- Soviet–Afghan WarAfghan civil warWar in Afghanistan
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6 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Fight post 2001
- Death
- Post-death
- See also
- References
Dadullah (1966 – May 11, 2007) was the Taliban's most senior militant commander in Afghanistan until his death in 2007. He was also known as Maulavi or Mullah Dadullah Akhund (). He also earned the nickname of Lang, meaning "lame" (as in Timur Lang), because of a leg he lost during fighting.
An ethnic Pashtun from the Kakar tribe of Kandahar Province, he was known as "The Butcher", even among fellow Taliban members, for his brutality and outbursts of violence, notably in cutting men's heads off, as per some, even being stripped of his command at least twice by Mullah Omar due to his extreme behavior.