Pakistani security officials had previously regarded Afghanistan's Taliban, the Quetta Shura, and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan as three separate entities. They reported that Pakistani security officials had changed their policy in early 2010, and had decided to treat all three organizations as one organization, and to crack down on the Quetta Shura. The reported nine of its eighteen leaders were captured in late February and early March 2010. In August 2019, some Taliban leaders, including Hafiz Ahmadullah, the brother of Taliban emir Hibatullah Akhunzada, were killed in a bomb blast at the Khair Ul Madarais mosque, which had served as the main meeting place of the Taliban, on the outskirts of Quetta. On 29 May 2020, it was reported that Omar's son Yaqoob was now acting as leader of the Taliban after numerous Quetta Shura members where infected with COVID-19. It was previously confirmed on 7 May 2020 that Yaqoob had become head of the Taliban military commission, making him the insurgents' military chief. Among those infected in the Quetta Shura, which continued to hold in-person meetings, were Hibatullah and Sirajuddin Haqqani. Quetta Shura members See also War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) International Security Assistance Force Haqqani network Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Consultative Assembly of Qatar References 2002 establishments in Pakistan Afghanistan–Pakistan relations Counterterrorism in Pakistan Organisations based in Quetta Taliban War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Afghanistan Afghanistan Legislative branch of the Government of Afghanistan 1996 establishments in Afghanistan 2021 establishments in Afghanistan