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Abdul Hakim Haqqani

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “afghan islamic scholar”. Today it says “afghan islamic scholar and writer who has been the chief justice of afghanistan in the islamic emirate of afgha”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Afghan Taliban jurist (born 1967) Abdul Hakim Haqqani ( Pashto : عبد الحكيم حقاني Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim haqɑˈni] ; born 1967), also known as”. It now reads “Afghan Taliban jurist (born 1967)”.
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Abdul Hakim Haqqani ( Pashto : عبد الحكيم حقاني Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim haqɑˈni] ; born 1967), also known as Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai (Pashto: عبد الحكيم اسحاقزى Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim ɪshaqˈzai] ), is an Afghan Islamic scholar and writer who has been the chief justice of Afghanistan since 2021 in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime. He has also served as chief justice of the Supreme Court in the 1996–2001 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan . He was the chairman of the Taliban negotiation team in the Qatar office . He is one of the founding members of the Taliban and was a close associate of the late leader Mullah Mohammed Omar . "مولوي عبدالحکيم د سترې محکمې د رئیس او مولوي فريدالدين د علومو اکاډمي د رئيس په توګه ټاکل شوي" .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “afghan islamic scholar”. Today it says “afghan islamic scholar and writer who has been the chief justice of afghanistan in the islamic emirate of afgha”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Afghan Taliban jurist (born 1967) Abdul Hakim Haqqani ( Pashto : عبد الحكيم حقاني Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim haqɑˈni] ; born 1967), also known as”. It now reads “Afghan Taliban jurist (born 1967)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

afghan islamic scholar

Now

afghan islamic scholar and writer who has been the chief justice of afghanistan in the islamic emirate of afgha

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