Biography of Mulla Haibatullah Akhundzadah

Mulla Hibatullah Akhundzadah

Summary of Mulla Haibatullah Akhundzadah’s Biography

  • Name: “Hebatullah” (in Dari/Farsi “هبت الله”)
  • last name: “Akhundzadah” (in Dari/Farsi “آخوندزاده”)
  • father name: Mullah Mohammad Akhund
  • Mother name: not known
  • Siblings: not known
  • Spouse: not known
  • Children: not known
  • Date of Birth/ Age: 1965/ 56 years old in 2021
  • Place of Birth: Panjwaei
  • Nationality: Afghan
  • Religion/ Sect: Islam/ Suni
  • City of Residence: Expected to be in Kandahar Afghanistan (Nov. 2021)
  • Profession: Politician, Cleric, Sheikh Ulhadith (Religious Teacher) (شیخ الحدیث)
  • Educational Qualification: not known
  • colleges/Universities: not known
  • Years of Activity: 1994 - 2021

PERSONAL LIFE

His name is Hibatullah (in Arabic it means “gift from God”) and his father name is Mullah Mohammad Akhund. Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada was born into a strict religious family from the Noorzai tribe in Afghanistan's second-largest city Kandahar, and he is believed to be in his 60s (Nov. 2021) and has lived most of his life in Afghanistan.

Akhundzadeh is more of a religious leader than a military commander, he has been responsible for issuing most of the Taliban's fatwas. The Taliban call him the Amir al-Mu'minin (Commander of the Faithful), which was the title of his two predecessors

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

His father's name is Mullah Mohammad Akhund, a religious leader and cleric in their town.

MARITAL STATUS/ SPOUSE

he is married, but it’s not known how many wives does he have? or what are their names.

CHILDREN

The number of his sons and daughters is not known to the public but one of his son(s) called Abdur Rahman, also known as Hafiz Khalid, died driving a vehicle laden with explosives into an Afghan military base in the town of Gereshk, north of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, in the province of Helmand in southern Afghanistan when he was 23 years old only, according to Reuters report JULY 22, 2017. (2021)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

his educational background is not known either. he probably has got the religious teachings from his father, and probably madrassa, but this is not confirmed by any renowned source.

PROFESSIONAL LIFE/CARRIER

In the 1980s, Mulla Hibatullah Akhundzada participated in the Islamist resistance against the Soviet military campaign in Afghanistan, and he worked as head of the Sharia Courts in the 1990s.

Akhundzada was an early member of the Taliban - a movement that emerged in the surrounding southern province of Helmand from the ashes of the Afghan civil war. According to the United Nations, when the Taliban ruled between 1996-2001 with a strict interpretation of sharia law that banned women from working and imposed punishments such as stonings, Akhundzada served as the chief of its justice system.

In the wake of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and ouster of the Taliban after the Sept. 11 attacks 2001, Reuters exclusively reported that Akhundzada fled to Pakistan where he taught and preached at a mosque for 15 years.

Since May 2016, when his predecessor, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, was murdered in a drone attack, Akhundzada had led the Taliban. While Akhundzada hailed from the large and powerful Noorzai tribe, his stock within the regime was seen as more scholarly than soldierly, unlike previous leaders.

But he was a compromise between the young and inexperienced son of late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, and Sirajuddin Haqqani, who was wanted by the U.S. in connection with a deadly 2008 attack on a Kabul hotel.

In 2021 as the Islamist movement unveiled its new government on Tuesday 17th august after it swept to power as U.S.-led forces withdrew last month, the mysterious Akhundzada retained the role of the supreme leader, the ultimate authority over the group's political, religious, and military affairs he has held since 2016.

Yet some analysts who have studied the Taliban say he was a guiding hand, healing divisions within the movement and managing the handling over international allies and foes ahead of military victory. His reputation is more that of a religious leader than a military commander.

PHOTOS’

not many photos of him have been released to the public or the internet, and he has not made any public appearance. the following is the only photo of him circling on the internet.

Mulla Hibaullah Akhundzada Amir Ulmoomenin of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Mulla Hibaullah Akhundzada Amir Ulmoomenin of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan


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