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Haibatullah Akhundzada: Shadowy Taliban supreme leader whose son was suicide bomber

Akhundzada has spent most of his leadership in the shadows, letting others take the lead in negotiations that ultimately saw the United States and their allies leave Afghanistan after 20 years of grinding counter-insurgency war. Haibatullah Akhundzada: Shadowy Taliban supreme leader whose son was suicide bomber
Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is seen in an undated photograph, posted on a Taliban Twitter feed on May 25, 2016, and identified separately by several Taliban officials, who declined to be named. Reuters
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Published at : September 8, 2021
Updated at : September 8, 2021 08:55

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