ISWNews Analysis Group – Leader of the Taliban Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzadeh appointed Mullah Mohammad Ali Hanafi, known as Mullah Shirin Akhund, in a decree the new Taliban governor general in Kandahar province on May 4.

ISWNews Analysis Group: According to local sources, Taliban leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzadeh spoke for the second time at a school in Kandahar.

ISWNews Analysis Group: The three-day meeting of the Taliban Leadership Council in Kandahar ended with the presence of Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhunzada.