Afghan worshippers celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the Eidgah mosque in the southern city of Kandahar as the country's supreme leader appears publicly for only the second time in six years, telling the crowd that the Taliban has achieved freedom and security since seizing power last year. Speaking just two days after a bomb ripped through a mosque in Kabul, an atmosphere of heightened security surrounded the man introduced as Hibatullah Akhundzada, the chief of the Taliban. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES