'Justice is an instrument for the survival of the Taliban Government... 'Taliban released the audio of its main leader Hibatullah

Taliban has made public a rare audio message of its Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. In his audio message, shared on Twitter by the Taliban's chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Wednesday, Akhundzada said his government could only survive through justice. In the audio message, Akhundzada is saying that the country will be doomed if there is no justice and tyranny, self-aggrandisement, murders and reprisals as well as killings without judicial proceedings take place.

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However, it is not yet clear whether the voice on the audio message is indeed of Akhundzada. The Taliban spokesman did not give details in his tweet about where and when the message was recorded and why the message was released. Ahmed Rasheed, who has written several books about the Taliban, said the clip raised unnecessary issues while avoiding women's rights and the country's deepening humanitarian crisis. The issues in the clip are important only from the perspective of the Taliban.

However, it is not yet clear whether the voice on the audio message is indeed of Akhundzada. The Taliban spokesman did not give details in his tweet about where and when the message was recorded and why the message was released. Ahmed Rasheed, who has written several books about the Taliban, said the clip raised unnecessary issues while avoiding women's rights and the country's deepening humanitarian crisis. The issues in the clip are important only from the perspective of the Taliban.

Akhundzada was made Taliban chief in 2016

In the past six months, under the orders of Akhundzada, the Taliban have banned women's education after the sixth grade and Afghan women from working in NGOs and the United Nations. Akhundzada was made Taliban chief in 2016 after Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was killed in a US airstrike.