Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s supreme leader, used his Eid al-Adha sermon on Wednesday to call on political and military opponents to abandon their resistance, return to Afghanistan and accept Taliban rule.
Speaking for about 50 minutes at Kandahar’s grand mosque, Akhundzada devoted much of his remarks to the importance of obedience to Taliban leadership, arguing that unity among Muslims depends on loyalty to a single ruler.
