Taliban's Sirajuddin Haqqani face for the first time.

Sirajuddin Haqqani, acting minister in the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan and a longtime leader of the so-called Haqqani Network, has appeared in the media for the first time with a US terrorist donation on his head. Time, RFE / RL reported.

Haqqani, nicknamed Khalifa, attended a graduation ceremony for hundreds of newly trained Afghan police in Kabul on Saturday.

Speaking at the rally, he said the radical militant group was committed to the Doha Agreement signed with the United States in 2020, which paved the way for the withdrawal of US-led international troops in late August last year.

Haqqani told graduate cadets that the world was not facing any threat from Afghanistan, the report said.

Since the Taliban-led administration took control of Kabul in mid-August last year, Haqqani has repeatedly praised suicide bombings and some notorious attacks on civilians and by outgoing US forces.

He never allowed himself to be photographed, and the FBI notice of a 10 million bounty on his head for alleged terrorist activity showed only a vague image of a bearded man, mostly covered by a blanket.

Previously, it has only been clearly photographed from behind - even since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan last August, Dawn reported.

In a speech at the parade, he said, "For your satisfaction and to build your faith ..

 I am attending a public meeting with you in the media."

"I am appearing in front of the media for the first time because of your credibility and your value," he told police.

Haqqani's picture was widely shared on social media on Saturday by Taliban officials who had previously only posted pictures that did not show his face or in which it was digitally obscure.

At the police parade, Haqqani was dressed like any other senior Taliban official - wearing a very heavy beard and wearing a black turban and white shawl, Dawn reported.

Haqqani was one of the first senior leaders to enter Kabul in August last year but has kept a low profile for the past few months. He met with foreign dignitaries and Taliban officials but the picture of such meetings was always blurred. He once appeared in a television interview but his face was not shown.

The head of his own group, the Haqqani Network, has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States for carrying out several major attacks on foreigners and Afghan forces during the 20-year-long war in Afghanistan. However, the Taliban insisted that there was no separate faction within the group.