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 ...

Public executions were common under Taliban rule (1996–2001), often held in sports stadiums before large crowds ...

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Afghanistan hasn’t been in the headlines ... Since the withdrawal, the Kandaharis, led by Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, called the shots. They imposed restrictions on girls ...

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 ...