Internal conflicts within the Taliban have now become more visible. The group's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has ...

A senior Taliban minister, who publicly condemned the group’s ban on education of girls and women, has reportedly fled ...

In 2016, moments after speaking on a TV interview about the dangers of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Zia Danesh’s car was ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested on Saturday that the US may offer a substantial reward for the capture of Taliban leaders, following reports that the group is holding more American ...

ISLAMABAD - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban on Friday condemned the International Criminal Court's request for arrest warrants ...

The International Criminal Court, a U.N. agency, has to approve the warrants. They've been condemned by the Taliban and ...

FILE - Girls attend school on the first day of the new school year, in Kabul, Afghanistan ... including the leader Hibatullah ...

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor announced on Thursday he had requested arrest warrants for two top Afghan ...

The requested warrants target Haibatullah Akhundzada, the reclusive Kandahar-based leader of the Taliban, and Abdul Hakim ...

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the ... base in southern Helmand province in 2017. After Kabul's fall ...

After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, Akhundzada had imposed his strict interpretation of Sharia law through dozens of decrees, mainly restricting girls’ access to education ...