Six months after taking control of Afghanistan, the Taliban released for the first time a full picture of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the group's acting interior minister.

Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Taliban in Kabul, released a photo of Sirajuddin Haqqani saying he had attended a graduation ceremony for students at the police academy on Saturday.

Earlier, the Taliban refused to release pictures of a number of senior members of the group, including Sirajuddin Haqqani, for security reasons.

Sirajuddin Haqqani is the leader of the Haqqani Network and one of the most powerful officials in the Taliban government.

After Haqqani became head of the Taliban's interior ministry, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) increased the reward for information leading to his arrest from $ 5 million to $ 10 million.