WHERE IS AKHUNDZADA? This picture taken on Nov. 7, 2021 shows Taliban members standing near the birth house of Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada at the Sperwan village in Kandahar’s Panjwai district. When the Taliban overran Kabul in mid-August, seizing power for the second time, the years-old mystery over the whereabouts of the movement’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada deepened further. AFP PHOTO
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: When the Taliban overran Kabul in mid-August, seizing power for the second time, the years-old mystery over the whereabouts of the movement's Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada deepened further.
Whether the elderly cleric is alive or dead is something many Afghans are uncertain about, and even the most dedicated analysts have doubts about who is really leading the group.
