Zabihullah Mujahid, the press secretary for the Taliban movement, has offered insights into why the leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, remains absent from public photographs. According to Mujahid, Akhundzada, known as "Amir al-Mu'minin," avoids being photographed or videotaped to uphold a life of "full piety," Daryo correspondent in Afghanistan reported.
He emphasized that scholars generally agree that taking pictures and videos is inappropriate from a piety standpoint, and the majority of their scholars share similar views.
Mujahid's clarification marks the first official statement from the Taliban movement regarding the absence of photographs featuring their leader. Speculations had previously circulated that security concerns might explain his lack of visibility in video materials.
In contrast to the Taliban leader, all other high-ranking officials routinely share videos, photos, and engage in interviews through video media. While a single photo of Hibatullah Akhundzada has been officially released, no videos have been made public so far, with the leader's messages typically conveyed through audio or written formats.
Earlier Daryo reported that the Kazakhstani authorities have chosen to remove the Taliban Islamist movement, active in Afghanistan and Pakistan, from the list of prohibited organizations, as per Aibek Smadiarov, the official representative of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a recent interview with “Kazinform.”
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