Mullah Akhtar Mansoor’s Death: Implications of Taliban Chief’s Killing

• Main Author: Basit, Abdul
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Terrorism Studies; Conflict and Stability; East Asia and Asia Pacific; South Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80734; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40761
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The elimination of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor in a US drone attack is a major setback for the insurgent movement but is unlikely to change the overall nature of the conflict in Afghanistan. Mansoor’s killing will trigger a new power struggle within the Taliban but whether prospects for pea...