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  • Taliban shared a rare audio message from their chief
  • Akhundzada: Justice is an instrument for the government's survival
  • The audio message shared on Twitter

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Justice instrument for Afghan govt's survival: Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada

Hibatullah Akhundzada, an Islamic scholar, almost never appears in public and hardly ever leaves the Taliban heartland in southern Kandahar province.

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      The Taliban have shared a rare audio message from their supreme leader, who says justice is an instrument for the Afghan government's survival.

      Hibatullah Akhundzada, an Islamic scholar, almost never appears in public and hardly ever leaves the Taliban heartland in southern Kandahar province. Only one known photo of him, years old, exists.

      Akhundzada has travelled to Kabul only once since the August 2021 Taliban takeover to give a speech to a gathering of clerics, although he was not shown in media coverage at the closed event and appeared with his back to the audience.

      In his audio message, shared on Twitter Wednesday by the Taliban's main spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, Akhundzada said justice is an instrument for the government's survival.

      “But if there is no justice, and there is oppression, selfishness, murders and revenge, as well as killings without courts, this country will be ruined,” Akhundzada can be heard saying. "This oppression can be prevented through the right decision of religious scholars and its proper implementation by the government.” The Associated Press has not been able to independently verify that the voice on the audio message is Akhundzada's.

      Mujahid gave no information in his tweet about where the message was recorded, when, or the reason for releasing the message. The spokesman was not immediately available to answer questions about the clip.

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