Amanuddin Mansur

Amanuddin Mansoor is an Afghan politician who is currently serving as commander-in-chief of Afghan Air Force of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 7 December 2021. He previously served as governor of Badakhshan from August 2021 to 7 November 2021.
An ethnic Tajik, Mansoor is considered part of the "Badakhshan faction" of the Taliban, led by Fasihuddin Fitrat. It is regarded as one of the three main factions within the Taliban, the other two being the "Kandahar faction" led by Hibatullah Akhundzada and the "Kabul faction" led by Sirajuddin Haqqani.

Biography

Mansoor served as deputy commander of the 209 Al-Fatah Military Corps in Mazar-e-Sharif in the months following the Taliban's takeover in 2021.
Mansoor has made Tajik irredentist claims to seize parts of Tajikistan into Afghanistan. However, he later regretted these claism.