The world came together last week to condemn the Taliban's repressive policies against Afghanistan's women and girls, making ...

The Taliban government said Thursday it had not arrested or monitored Afghans involved in a secret British resettlement plan after a data breach was revealed this week.

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled the country unchallenged since ...

The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader on Monday warned Afghans against earning money or gaining worldly honor at a time when the country is in the grip of humanitarian crises and isolated on ...

The statement from Hibatullah Akhundzada was made public ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday later this week that marks the end of the fasting Muslim month of Ramadan.

South Asia News: KANDAHAR: The Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is now the most influential person in Afghanistan, but yet he remains a recluse, relegate.

Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada — he is now the most influential person in Afghanistan — and yet he remains a recluse, relegated to the shadows.

Afghanistan: Apart from a single photograph released by the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada has never made a public appearance and his whereabouts remain largely unknown. Agence France-Presse World ...

A Pakistan-based security analyst told AFP that Hibatullah Akhundzada might emerge in public after the foreign troops leave Afghanistan The Taliban fighters have shed the shell of secrecy and made ...

Hibatullah Akhundzada -- the so-called commander of the faithful -- has shepherded the Taliban as its chief since 2016 when snatched from relative obscurity to oversee a movement in crisis.

The Taliban and al Qaeda consistently refer to Hibatullah Akhundzada as “Amir-ul-Mumineen,” a title usually reserved for a Muslim caliph. The Taliban has released a statement attributed to its leader, ...