January 14, 2015 | Cited by Johnlee Varghese - International Business Times

Former Taliban Leader Mullah Abdul Rauf now Recruiting for ISIS in Afghanistan?


Mullah Abdul Rauf is a former Taliban commander from Helmand province, who recently declared his allegiance to ISIS and is now reportedly running a recruitment cell for the radical group in Afghanistan.

In a 2010 article in Long War Journal on Afghan Taliban's top leaders, Bill Roggio identified “Mullah Abdul Raouf (or Rauf)” as a former Taliban governor of Paktia province and a military commander in the northeast.

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Afghanistan