Sirajuddin Haqqani (R) has resigned as the interior minister amid growing rift with Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada (L). (File) Sirajuddin Haqqani, the chief of the powerful Haqqani network ...

Since the Taliban captured power in August 2021, Akhundzada has issued dozens of edicts curbing women and girls’ access to ...

The decision follows the ICC chief prosecutor’s announcement last month, seeking arrest warrants for the reclusive Taliban supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and a close associate ...

This includes deputy foreign minister Abbas Stanikzai, who reportedly left in January after criticising Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, specifically the latter’s harsh ...

The Taliban announced on Thursday that Afghanistan would no longer recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC), stating that the country’s 2003 accession to the Rome Statute ...

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.

The statement came after Karim Khan, the ICC chief prosecutor, last month sought two arrest warrants for Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Afghanistan’s ...

Previously, Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban's leader, signed a nine-point decree establishing that the uniform for all public and private schools would consist of a shirt, pants, turban ...

He seemed to be referring to an edict - passed by Afghan Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada - declaring cross-border attacks, including those on Pakistan, “haram”. After this, he said ...