All three said there was a growing divide between ultra-conservative Taliban members in the southern city of Kandahar, where the group’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, lives ...

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said that Afghanistan has no need for Western laws as he asserted- during a sermon marking Eid al-Fitr- that democracy is no longer relevant in the country.

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada stated on Sunday that Afghanistan has no need for Western laws, asserting that democracy is no longer relevant under the group’s rule. Speaking at the Eidgah ...

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, recently said there was no need for Western laws in Afghanistan and that democracy was dead as long as sharia laws are in effect. “There is no need for ...

Speaking during a sermon for Eid al-Fitr, Hibatullah Akhundzada said that the Taliban "will create our own laws" and dismissed Western legal frameworks. The Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada ...

In a provocative sermon during the Eid Al-Fitr celebrations, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada proclaimed democracy obsolete in Afghanistan, asserting the supremacy of sharia law. Addressing ...

The Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, declared on Sunday that Western laws are irrelevant in Afghanistan and that democracy is dead under the enforcement of sharia law. His remarks were delivered ...

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 ...