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

Since the withdrawal, the Kandaharis, led by Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ... Adding to this picture, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e Islami, Afghanistan’s second-largest ...

“As they end their month-long fast, our Muslim brothers and sisters are beginning today a new life of peace ... Taliban's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, issued a rallying call against ...

Rights groups and the UN 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hibatullah Akhundzada ... tells officials to enforce new morality law “There is no need for laws that originate from the West. We will create our own laws,” Mr. Akhundzada said, speaking ...