Where is Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, after all? Even after the Taliban's occupation in Afghanistan, its chief is not known. In such a situation, questions are being raised that where is the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada? Why is he not appearing, has someone imprisoned him? In the midst of these questions, the Indian government is studying the information shared by secret foreign intelligence agencies. In the same sequence, a senior government official, quoting foreign intel, has indicated that Hiibatullah Akhundzada may be in the custody of the Pakistani army.
According to media reports, Hiibatullah Akhundzada may have been imprisoned by the Pakistan Army. However, ccording to a senior government official, Hibatullah Akhundzada has not been seen by senior Taliban leaders and fighters for the past six months. His last statement came in May on the occasion of Ramzan. If the officials are to be believed, India is taking interest in this matter as to how Pakistan deals with this issue.
Hibatullah Akhundzada was appointed chief of the terrorist group in May 2016 after former Taliban leader Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone strike. According to a video message shared by the Taliban at the time, Hibatullah Akhundzada was terrorist Mansoor's deputy but succeeded him after his death in a drone strike. He was promoted to the Supreme Leader of the Taliban during a meeting in Pakistan.
A report by AFP described the Taliban's chief, 50-year-old Hibatullah Akhundzada, as a religious legal scholar rather than a soldier. According to the report, he is credited with issuing extreme interpretations of Islam by the terror group. Akhundzada is also known as 'Amir al-Mumimeen' or the Commander of the Loyalists. However, this adjective was given to him by Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2016.
Akhundzada is one of the seven Taliban leaders who are believed to be in command of Afghanistan. New Delhi has received such reports that terrorists from Lashkar to Jaish have mixed with the Taliban. That is why yesterday External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar underscored India's concerns about terrorism at the UN Security Council meeting for the first time since the Taliban took over Afghanistan.
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