When Khalis died in 2006 his son took over the organization,[2] but later transitioned to the Tora Bora Military Front. He was thought to have been arrested by the ISI during a raid in Peshawar in June 2009[3] and was released from internment later in 2012. On 22 August 2016 one of Taliban's spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, announced that Anwar ul Haq had pledged allegiance to the new Taliban emir, Hibatullah Akhundzada.[4]