[1][5] U.S. Military and intelligence officials at one stage claimed that the Dadullah Front was led by Mullah Abdul Qayoum Zakir, also known as Abdullah Gulam Rasoul, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was released in 2007.

[1] The Dadullah Front claimed responsibility for the 14 May 2012 assassination of Afghan High Peace Minister Mullah Arsala Rahmani, who was shot in traffic within Kabul.

[5][8] Spokesman Qari Hamza, speaking to The Express Tribune, stated that the Dadullah Front would "target and eliminate" all persons allowing "[non-Muslim] occupation of Afghanistan.

[8] American and Afghan officials have stated that the Dadullah Front was attempting to derail peace negotiations then underway with the Taliban.

[2] Taliban spokesmen denied any relationship with the Front,[2][8] and claimed that the group was a creation of the National Directorate of Security.