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Requested move 14 August 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 10:27, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Akhter Mansour → Akhtar Mansour – Per WP:COMMONNAME, Akhtar Mansour is the more frequently used spelling of the subjects name.

Google searches on the two terms:

Akhtar Mansour - 404,000 results [1]

Akhter Mansour - 172,000 results [2]

Google News searches:

Akhtar Mansour - 20,300 results [3]

Akhter Mansour - 48 results [4]

Sources that use 'Akhtar Mansour' include: the BBC [5], Reuters [6] and the United Nations [7]. More sources can be added, but these are all reliable, mainstream and official ones in their own right. --Ritsaiph (talk) 14:13, 13 August 2015 (UTC) --Relisted. Natg 19 (talk) 16:15, 20 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support. You make a convincing argument that the proposed title in the common name. Zarcadia (talk) 16:44, 20 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:COMMONNAME, clearly backed by reliable sources, google books: 85 vs 0.--Staberinde (talk) 15:39, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Mansour vs. Mansoor?

Various source have referred to him using different types of spelling.

Sources using 'Mansour' include: the BBC [8], International Business Times [9], the Wall Street Journal [10] and Reuters [11].

Sources using 'Mansoor' include:Al-Jazeera [12], NBC [13] the New York Times [14] and the Associated Press [15] --Ritsaiph (talk) 04:34, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Google searches:

"Akhtar Mansoor" - 558,000 results [16]

"Akhtar Mansour" - 334,000 results [17]

Google news searches:

"Akhtar Mansour" - 1,920 results [18]

"Akhtar Mansoor" - 1,010 results [19]

--Ritsaiph (talk) 04:34, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mansoor Bali.101 (talk) 01:30, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Death or not death

Unless an editor provides a number of reliable sources showing >Death confirmed, (and unless I'm mistaken), nothing should be changed, because if anyone concerned reads the reports they show some claiming his death and some denying the reports of his injury and death. please look into the content of sources sufficiently to check this. Antrangelos (talk) 20:33, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See in particular the statement from the Taliban and audio message attached, allegedly from Mansoor himself, here: http://shahamat-english.com/leader-of-islamic-emirate-amir-ul-mumineen-mullah-akhtar-muhammad-mansoor-ha-releases-audio-message-concerning-latest-rumors-and-few-other-subjects/. phme (talk) 13:10, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

BLP status change

Due to the death of this person, the BLP status of this article has changed. This does ‘’’not’’’ mean that unsourced material that would contravene the Biography of Living Persons rules can be added to articles. Capitalistroadster (talk) 06:47, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relations with Iran and Russia

Tr56tr is there any reason as to why my edit was reverted? Please go through those sources regarding relations with Iran and Russia. You will find that those sources are credible.Afghanzalmay (talk) 11:12, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

After I checked, I confirmed that you did add some reference, but you also deleted the other content, please explain the reason for the deletion. If I feel reasonable, I will say sorry to you. --Tr56tr (talk) 12:49, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tr56tr actually those are not my changes if you go through the edit history. I wanted to 'relation with Russia and Iran section' back. So far that reason I reverted the edit. I didn't pay attention to other changes which you mentioned. Afghanzalmay (talk) 13:33, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:Abhishek9779,I think you should try to talk to Adamgerber80 about this. Obviously you should ask Adamgerber80 to get the answer.--Tr56tr (talk) 15:23, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]