Hibatullah Akhundzada is the leader of the Taliban (2016– ) and the de facto leader of Afghanistan (2021– ). Also called amīr al-muʾminīn (Arabic: “leader of the faithful”), he joined the Taliban in the early 1990s. Under his leadership the Taliban established a highly centralized system of religious rule and imposed extensive restrictions on the rights and activities of women and girls.
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