Mohammad Rabbani
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Mullah Mohammad Rabbani |
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Head of the Supreme Council of Afghanistan Disputed |
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In office 27 September 1996 – 13 April 2001* |
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| Leader | Mohammed Omar |
| Preceded by | Burhanuddin Rabbani |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Kabir (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 Pashmol, Afghanistan |
| Died |
15 April 2001 Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Political party | Taliban |
| Religion | Deobandi Sunni Islam |
| *Rabbani's term has been disputed by Burhanuddin Rabbani. | |
Mullah Mohammad Rabbani Akhund (1955–15 April 2001) was one of the main leaders of the Taliban movement. He was second in power only to the supreme leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, in the Taliban hierarchy.
Rabbani fought the Soviet Union after it invaded Afghanistan in 1979. When the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989, he initially stopped fighting. He joined the Taliban in 1994. After years of civil war, he led the Taliban guerrillas in the final assault against the capital, Kabul.
He served as Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and head of the advisory council. There were also rumors that Mullah Rabbani and the head of the Taliban movement had serious political differences. While Rabbani and the ruling council constituted the public face of Afghanistan, the important decisions were made by Mullah Omar, who resided in the southern city of Kandahar.
Rabbani was born in 1955. He was from the Kakar tribe. He obtained Islamic education at home in Pashmol in Kandahar province, before participating in an Islamic seminary. The invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union in 1979 put a stop to his education as he volunteered for the jihad.
His role in the civil war ended when the Soviet army withdrew in 1989, but other members and factions of the mujahedin fought on, first against the Afghan communist government and then against each other.
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