b c d Firas al-Hakkar (8 November 2013). “The Mysterious Fall of Raqqa, Syria’s Kandahar”. al-Akhbar. http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/17550 27 November
remaining nine members of the Quetta Shura who are still at large are believed to be Mullah Hassan Rehmani, the former governor ofKandahar province in Taliban