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 ...

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

The Taliban leader said executions were part of Islam ... He rejected criticism of the executions. Afghanistan’s Supreme Court earlier ruled that the four men were guilty of murder. A death sentence ...

Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday ... However, all execution orders are signed by the Taliban's reclusive Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, who lives in the movement's ...

Members of Afghanistan's delegation ... 2024 [Anton Vaganov/Reuters] Published On 17 Apr 202517 Apr 2025 Russia’s Supreme Court has suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated ...

Four men were publicly executed for murder in Afghanistan, the Supreme Court ... orders are signed by the Taliban's reclusive Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, who lives in the movement's ...