Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada

8am: Previously, the Middle East Research Institute (MERI) reported that of the 1,137 senior Taliban officials, 891 were Pashtun, 53 Tajik, 28 Uzbek, and 6 Hazara. According to this research, 40 of the top-tier Taliban Supreme Leaders, including the Supreme Leader, prime minister, and ministers of defense, higher education, education, culture, rural development, labor and social affairs, public utilities, and chief justice, are from Kandahar, and 19 others are from Paktia. Click here to read more (external link).