The Taliban's reclusive supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has been seen in public for the first time since he took control of the group in 2016, officials have said. His appearance may ease rumors of his death.
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the issue of Afghanistan s national flag has generated contentious debates inside and outside the country. The government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan that was established after the US invasion in 2001 used the tricolor (green, red and black) flag as the national flag for twenty years. After they took over the country in mid-August, the Taliban changed the country’s official name to Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and attempted to replace the tricolor flag with their movement’s white flag with the inscription of kalma. But Afghans have resisted the move. Violent protests erupted immediatel.
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As the Taliban lobby for international recognition of their "Islamic Emirate" in Afghanistan, the group's ideological allies in Pakistan are applying political pressure on Islamabad.