The Taliban's supreme leader said Sunday there is "no need" for Western laws in Afghanistan, noting that democracy is dead as long as sharia laws are in place. Hibatullah Akhundzada was speaking ...

The Taliban have confirmed that the group’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada will be the top authority in the ... According to Tolo News the group said the discussions on forming a new government ...

Hibatullah Akhundzada made the comments in a sermon marking the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Fitr, in the southern city of Kandahar's Eidgah Mosque. The 50-minute audio of his message was published ...

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada defended the recent public executions of four men convicted of murder, asserting they are part of Islamic law. He rejected criticism and stated the Taliban's ...

Hibatullah Akhundzada, who seldom leaves the southern province of Kandahar and is rarely seen in public, urged people to rally behind the country’s security forces whose “hard work and ...

TALIBAN leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said on Sunday there was no need for Western laws in Afghanistan and that democracy was dead, as long as sharia laws are in effect. He made the comments in a ...

Hibatullah Akhundzada, who seldom leaves the southern ... to stories from wire services such as the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post or Bloomberg News.