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Taliban supremo Haibatullah Akhundzada is alive and to prove&nbsp; his well-being, he made a public appearance in a madrasa in Kandahar. However, the militant group did not release any photo or video of their leader. But&nbsp; a ten-minute audio recording was shared by Taliban social media accounts.</p>
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Haibatullah Akhundzada, who was not seen in public since the US-Taliban Doha deal last year, visited Jamia Darul Uloom Hakimia, a religious school in Kandahar on Saturday.</p>
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&quot;The commander of the believers, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada, appeared before a large congregation at the famous Darul Uloom Hakimah madrasa and addressed &ldquo;his brave soldiers and disciples,&quot; the Taliban government spokesperson said on Sunday.</p>
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According to AFP, the Taliban chief Akhundzada,in his speech, made no political comments. Instead, he asked for God&#39;s blessing for the Taliban leadership. He also prayed for the martyrs of the movement, the wounded fighters and the success of the Islamic Emirate officials in this &quot;great test.&quot;</p>
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According to the experts, this is&nbsp; Akhundzada&rsquo;s first public appearance. It was reported earlier that he was seen in Kandahar for a brief period after the group captured Afghanistan.</p>
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If true, it would be the first time Akhundzada has appeared in public in Afghanistan&mdash;a move which could quell rumours that he may be dead.</p>
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&ldquo;He is the Emir of the Islamic Emirate. He is in Afghanistan. He has the right to see any Afghan anytime and hear their problems,&rdquo; TOLO news quoted the deputy prime minister, Abdul Salam Hanafi as saying.</p>
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<a href="https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-175251">Islamic Emirate&rsquo;s Leader Appears in Kandahar: Officials</a></p>
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The Taliban&#39;s top leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has been absent from important meetings and has not been seen in public for more than one year, triggering speculation about him being &ldquo;alive&rdquo;. But the Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid had said that Mullah Haibatullah was alive in a safe and secure place, and his absence in public was driven by security concerns.</p>
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Mujahid said that all their leaders and officials are in contact with the supreme leader. They take his advice on all important issues and share their reports with him.</p>
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According to multiple intelligence reports, even after the US withdrawals, the militant group has a fear of US drone attacks. Akhundzada was appointed leader of the Taliban in a swift transition of power after a 2016 US drone strike killed his predecessor, Mullah Akhtar Mansour. In January this year,&nbsp; there were media reports that Akhundzada had been killed in a bomb blast in a mosque in Quetta. His brother and a number of people of his seminary had apparently also suffered casualties in the incident, which is said to have taken place in April 2020.</p>
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