In this handout photograph taken on Aug 9, 2020 and released by the Press Office of President of Afghanistan, people attend on the last day of the Loya Jirga, at the Loya Jirga Hall in Kabul. (PHOTO / HANDOUT / PRESS OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN / AFP)
KABUL – Supreme leader of the Taliban-run administration Haibatullah Akhundzada attended Afghanistan's Jirga, or grand assembly of religious scholars and elders, on Friday.
According to local media reports, the Taliban supreme leader would deliver a speech to the participants.
About 3,500 ulema or religious scholars, according to the state-run Bakhtar news agency, have been invited from across the war-torn country to attend the three-day gathering, which opened on Thursday.
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Participants of the Jirga are expected to discuss a series of issues including reopening schools for girls from 7th grade to 12th grade, the type of government, the national flag and the national anthem.