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Mullah Mansoor frequently used Karachi airport to travel to other countries
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The supreme leader of the Taliban group Mullah Akhtar Mansoor was frequently using Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... airport to travel to other countries with reports suggesting he travelled abroad through Jinnah International airport for at least 18 times. However, Switzerland makes more than cheese... a local news channel in Pakistain has reported that Mullah Mansoor travelled to Dubai 9 times using the airport and once to Bahrain. Citing the travel history of Mullah Mansoor, the local Geo.tv reported Mullah Mansoor travelled between the three countries from 2006 to 2012. Muallah Mansoor first landed in Karachi via a private airline flight on the 12th of March 2006 from Dubai and approximately five months later caught a flight with the same airline to Dubai on the 23 August 2006 only to return on the 4th of October the same year, according to his travel history. He was among the prominent commanders of the group when he was travelling to the other countries and his flights have been reported to be in September of 2007, 3rd of October 2007, 11th January 2008, 23rd November 2008, 5th December 2008, 2nd January 2010, 24th January 2010. His last travelled has been reported to take place in 2012 when he caught a flight to Dubai on the 26th of January. The records available show, pictures of Mullah Mansour aka Wali Muhammad taken at the immigration counter, as well as in the airport premises. Mullah Mansoor was killed in an  ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... province late on Saturday afternoon.
After years of denial, Pakistan in March openly admitted that it was providing shelter to Afghan Taliban forced to flee their own country after they were toppled from power in 2001. Mansour, who was killed in a US drone strike deep inside Pakistani territory on Saturday along with a driver, was travelling with a passport and ID card bearing the name "Muhammad Wali". Three investigation officials said Mansour used the passport for extensive travel, mainly between the southern Pakistani city of Karachi and Dubai in the UAE but also to Iran. He travelled 37 times, mostly to Dubai from Karachi, during the last 10 years, a senior investigating official told AFP. The official said Mansour first used the passport to travel to Dubai from Karachi in March 2006. A second official confirmed the trips, adding: "He also travelled to Dubai from Quetta (in southwest Pakistan) on July 16, 2015." The official said he last left for Iran on April 25 and returned on the morning of May 21, the day he fell victim to the drone strike. Posted by: Fred 2016-05-25 |
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