A realignment inside the Taliban, an unspoken preference for U.S. partnership and a recognition that isolation is a dead end ...

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada defended the recent public executions as part of Islamic law, rejecting Western criticism and emphasizing the comprehensive nature of Islam beyond mere rituals.

Fitr, Hibatullah Akhundzada said that the Taliban "will create our own laws" and dismissed Western legal frameworks.

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 ...

In the opening session of the conference, the leader of the Islamic Emirate, Sheikh Hibatullah Akhundzada, said that the ...

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 ...

Rights groups and the U.N. condemned the killings. Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has previously rejected the need for Western laws in Afghanistan. In an audio clip released Sunday by the ...

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 ...