The Taliban leader slams Trump's travel ban on Afghans and calls the US an 'oppressor'Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has criticized President Trump's travel ban on Afghans, labeling the U.S. as an oppressor. This statem...
Taliban leader says executions are part of IslamTaliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada defended the recent public executions as part of Islamic law, rejecting Western criticism and emphasiz...
Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranksKey figures, such as the Taliban’s main spokesman, have set up offices in the south of Kandahar. Monumental decrees such as those excluding...
Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans in AfghanistanIn recent months, the group's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has appeared to take a stronger hand in directing policy. In particula...
Taliban fighters thrash women at rally in KabulThe rally was comprised of nearly 40 women as they marched and gathered outside the education ministry building, as they chanted slogans li...
Taliban leader: Afghan soil won't be used to launch attacks"We assure our neighbours, the region and the world that we will not allow anyone to use our territory to threaten the security of other co...
Women not wearing hijab 'trying to look like animals', say Taliban postersSince seizing power in August, the Taliban have imposed harsh restrictions on Afghan women, rolling back the marginal gains they made durin...
Taliban order Afghan women to wear all-covering burqa"They should wear a chadori (head-to-toe burqa) as it is traditional and respectful," said a decree issued by Hibatullah Akhundzada that wa...
Taliban chief orders ban on poppy cultivation in AfghanistanAfghanistan is the world's biggest producer of poppies, the source of sap that is refined into heroin, and in recent years its production a...
Taliban supreme leader makes first public appearanceTaliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada addressed supporters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials announced Sunday, his first ...
Key figures in Afghan Taliban's new governmentHere are some details of individuals named by sources as being senior members of the new administration. Their exact roles have yet to be c...
Taliban all set to announce its new govt in Afghanistan; Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada to be named Supreme LeaderIn the new set-up, 60-year-old Mullah Akhundzada will be the Supreme Leader of the Taliban government, which will follow the pattern of the...
Where is the Taliban's supreme leader?Hibatullah Akhundzada -- the so-called commander of the faithful -- has shepherded the Taliban as its chief since 2016 when snatched from r...
Who’s who in Taliban leadershipThe Taliban’s senior officials were gathering in the Afghan capital on Saturday for talks with elders and politicians on forming a governme...
Who's who in the Taliban leadershipThe inner workings and leadership of the group have long been shrouded in secrecy -- even during their rule from 1996 to 2001 -- but here i...
The Taliban’s leaders: Worldly and ‘inclusive’ or ruthless ideologues?These are the top leaders of the Taliban, men who have spent years on the run, in hiding, in jail and dodging U.S. drones. They are emergin...
Taliban leader not designated as terrorist is a mystery: India at UNTaliban had named Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, a conservative cleric in his 50s, as its new leader after Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour ...