The move was a significant shift toward leaders of the Haqqani network, which was behind some of the deadliest attacks during ...

The US has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani. This move follows ...

The U.S. has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister, officials in Kabul said Sunday ...

Sirajuddin Haqqani, who heads the powerful Haqqani network, has quit as the interior minister of Afghan Taliban-led ...

In January, Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban, ordered that buildings should not have windows looking into places where a woman could be sitting or standing. But what doesn’t ...

“He said: ‘I need a tax-free Afghanistan.’” Mr. Haqmal was referring to Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s emir and head of state. Another direct order from Sheikh Haibatullah ...

In January, Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban, ordered that buildings should not have windows looking into places where a woman could be sitting or standing. But what doesn’t ...

In January, International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan announced that applications had been filed seeking arrest warrants against the Taliban Supreme Leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and ...

is at loggerheads with the Kandahar Taliban faction led by the Emir Haibatullah Akhundzada. The Kandahar faction advocates a rigid Islamist trajectory for Afghanistan, with harsh Sharia restrictions ...

Sources have told us that the issue of women’s education was brought up before the Taliban’s supreme leader Hibattulah Akhundzada in council meetings with religious scholars and tribal elders.

The Taliban have confirmed that the group’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada will be the top authority in the country and a President or Prime Minister will run the country under his authority.