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Description	Future Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada poses for the camera in what is believed to be a 1990 passport photograph. Released by the Taliban, this is the only photo of Akhundzada in circulation, and has never been independently verified as authentic.
Source	Original publication: Taliban Twitter account, 25 May 2016 Immediate source: The Washington Post, 3 September 2021
Date	Believed to be 1990 based on Taliban sources, per Voice of America
Portion used	Full photo
Low resolution?	Reduced from original by bot

Non-free media rationales

Non-free media rationale for Hibatullah Akhundzada
Article	Hibatullah Akhundzada
Purpose of use	Visual identification of the subject
Replaceable?	Akhundzada is extremely reclusive (he has rarely been seen in public even since becoming Afghanistan's leader), so taking a new photograph would be prohibitively difficult. This is the sole photo of him in circulation, so no free alternatives exist.

Non-free media rationale for Supreme Leader of Afghanistan
Article	Supreme Leader of Afghanistan
Purpose of use	Visual identification of the current holder of the office
Replaceable?	Akhundzada is extremely reclusive (he has rarely been seen in public even since becoming Afghanistan's leader), so taking a new photograph would be prohibitively difficult. This is the sole photo of him in circulation, so no free alternatives exist.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:01, 29 November 2021		312 × 319 (66 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	05:32, 28 November 2021	No thumbnail	538 × 550 (32 KB)	TEMPO156 (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard

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