Mullah Mohammad Ali Hanafi, Taliban’s former deputy chief of intelligence for defense ministry, as the new governor of Kandahar. He is also a close aide to Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada. Hanafi is known as Mullah Shirin.

Mullah Mohammad Ali Hanafi, Taliban’s former deputy chief of intelligence for defense ministry, as the new governor of Kandahar. He is also a close aide to Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada. Hanafi is known as Mullah Shirin.