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Hibatullah Akhundzada

Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, also spelled Haibatullah Akhunzada, is an Afghan cleric who in 2021, became the supreme leader of Afghanistan in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime. He has led the Taliban since 2016, and came to power with its victory over U.S.-backed forces in the 2001???2021 war. A highly reclusive figure, he has almost no digital footprint except for an unverified photograph and several audio recordings of speeches. Akhundzada is well known for his fatwas on Taliban matters. Unlike many Taliban leaders, he does not have an active militant background himself, although one of his sons was a suicide bomber. He was an Islamic judge of the Sharia courts of the 1996???2001 Taliban government. He was chosen to lead the Taliban???s shadow court system at the start of the Taliban insurgency, and remained in that post until being elected supreme...

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