Akhundzada

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Akhundzada is the surname of Hibatullah Akhundzada, the reclusive supreme leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban movement.

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Akhundzada canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person
associatedWith Kandahar-based Taliban leadership
commands Taliban leadership council NERFINISHED
controls Taliban religious and political policy
countryOfCitizenship Afghanistan NERFINISHED
dateAssumedOffice 2016
describedAs hardline
reclusive
ethnicGroup Pashtun NERFINISHED
familyName Akhundzada NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence
Islamic theology
givenName Hibatullah NERFINISHED
hasHonorificTitle Mullah
Sheikh
hasRole final decision-maker in Taliban hierarchy
supreme religious authority within the Taliban
ideology Deobandism NERFINISHED
Islamic fundamentalism
Islamism
influences Taliban governance in Afghanistan
knownFor issuing religious decrees
rare public appearances
languageSpoken Dari NERFINISHED
Pashto
leaderOf Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Taliban NERFINISHED
memberOf Taliban NERFINISHED
movement Taliban NERFINISHED
notableFor leadership of the Taliban movement
role as supreme leader of Afghanistan under Taliban rule
occupation political leader
religious leader
positionHeld Amir al-Mu'minin of the Taliban NERFINISHED
Supreme Leader of the Taliban NERFINISHED
precededBy Akhtar Mansour NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Pakistan NERFINISHED
religion Deobandi Islam NERFINISHED
Sunni Islam
residence Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Kandahar NERFINISHED
roleIn Afghan civil conflict
post-2021 Taliban government of Afghanistan

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Hibatullah Akhundzada familyName Akhundzada