#14 Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour
We apologize for the quality of the picture, but as you can imagine there are not many of this reclusive and rather hideous leader. He was more of a ‘face for radio’ kind of guy.
Mansour was killed in a drone strike while serving as a figurehead for the Taliban. U.S. officials said his death delivered a decisive blow to the resurgent militant group that has launched high-profile attacks across Afghanistan in a bid to topple the country’s floundering government.
The airstrike, authorized by President Obama, hit Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour with missiles launched from drones overhead as he traveled in a vehicle. He was with another man along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, southwest of the remote town of Ahmad Wal in western Pakistan when the attack occurred.
