© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Taliban chief Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is seen in an undated {photograph}, posted on a Taliban twitter feed on Might 25, 2016, and recognized individually by a number of Taliban officers, who declined be named. Social Media
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban’s reclusive supreme chief, Haibatullah Akhundzada, made a uncommon public look within the southern metropolis of Kandahar, Taliban sources stated on Sunday, belying widespread rumours of his dying.
Akhundzada https://www.reuters.com/world/haibatullah-akhundzada-shadowy-taliban-supreme-leader-whose-son-was-suicide-2021-09-07, generally known as the chief of the devoted or Amir ul Momineen, had not been seen in public even after the Taliban’s August takeover of the nation, giving rise to the hypothesis.
A senior Taliban chief who was current with Akhundzada in the course of the look informed Reuters the supreme chief had visited Jamia Darul Aloom Hakimia, a spiritual faculty in Kandahar on Saturday.
Because the Islamist motion unveiled its interim authorities in September after U.S.-led forces withdrew, the mysterious Akhundzada retained the function he has held since 2016 of supreme chief, the last word authority over the group’s political, non secular and army affairs.
Although some officers say that Akhundzada has made unpublicised public appearances earlier than, this was the primary confirmed look of a person who has lengthy saved a low public profile.
The one picture Reuters has been capable of confirm of him was an undated picture posted on a Taliban Twitter (NYSE:) feed in Might 2016.
This shadowy existence has led to fixed hypothesis about his whereabouts and well being.
Beforehand, the Taliban had not confirmed the dying of their founder, and authentic supreme chief, Mullah Omar, for years.
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