Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban group, says that despite global criticism, he will not back down from “implementing Qisas (retaliation in kind) and other Islamic Hudud (prescribed punishments).” The Taliban leader said on Sunday, April 14, at a meeting called the “Seminar for Hajj Teachers” in Kandahar: “We are happy to have our heads cut off, but we are not happy if Sharia is not implemented.” The audio file of the Taliban leader’s speech was published on X by Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman of the group. Hibatullah once again claimed that supporting him means standing with
