Abdul Ghani Baradar
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Abdul Ghani Baradar is an Afghan politician and religious leader who is the first deputy prime minister, alongside Abdul Salam Hanafi, of the Taliban led government of Afghanistan. A co-founder of the
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Mullah Baradar in 2020 in Doha, Qatar, to sign the Doha Agreement
US representative Zalmay Khalilzad (left) and Baradar (right) sign the Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar, on 29 February 2020
With a delegation meeting US representative Zalmay Khalilzad (2nd left) and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Abdul Ghani Baradar (4th left), Abdul Hakim Haqqani (5th left); Suhail Shaheen (far right). September 2020.
Hibatullah Akhundzada
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Hibatullah Akhundzada is an Afghan politician and cleric who is serving as the supreme leader of Afghanistan under the Taliban government. He has led the Taliban since 2016, and came to power with its
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…along with Mullah Omar, he was Omar's top deputy from 2002 to 2010, and since 2019 he has been the Taliban's fourth-in-command, as the third of Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada's three deputies. He held senior positions in the Taliban during their first rule from 1996 to 2001. After the Taliban government fell to the US-led…
Akhundzada's 1990 passport photograph, according to Taliban sources