Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, [b] also spelled Haibatullah Akhunzada, [c] is an Afghan cleric who is 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 .

Sep 7, 2021 · In one of the only known photographs of Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, he stares directly at the camera - an expressionless face between a white turban and a long, grey beard.

Sep 7, 2021 · Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, 55, was already the radical fundamentalist group's appointed leader. That's a position he secured in May 2016, days after the second leader in the Taliban's...

Sep 7, 2021 · Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund is one of the four men who founded the Taliban in Afghanistan in 1994. He is a longtime head the Taliban's powerful leadership council,...

May 25, 2016 · The Afghan Taliban's new leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is a hardline religious scholar from Kandahar who is thought unlikely to change the group's direction. The fact...

Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada is the emir (leader) of the Taliban, successor to Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour. Latest July 1, 2022: During an address to a gathering of Islamic clerics in Kabul, Akhundzada warns foreigners not to interfere in Afghanistan.

May 26, 2016 · Confirming the death of Mansoor early on Wednesday, the Taliban also announced the appointment of its new leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhunzada, known as a “religious scholar” and for his role...

Jul 1, 2022 · The Taliban's secretive leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, has made his first visit to the Afghan capital Kabul, according to Taliban officials. Mullah Haibatullah was said to have...

Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is the current and third Supreme Leader of the Taliban's Islamic Emirate, a position he has held since 2016. During the Afghan resistance against Soviet forces, he reportedly fought alongside Haji Mohammad Akhund and the Hezb-e-Islami group, led by veteran jihadi commander Mawlawi Mohammad Younus Khalis.

Aug 27, 2021 · Akhundzada, who formerly headed the Taliban’s ulema council (religious elders), took control of the Taliban after the death of his predecessor, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was widely seen as a...