One of the few officials in Afghanistan’s Taliban government to support reversing the ban on girls’ education appears to have ...

Taliban has enforced a three-year ban on female education, preventing girls from attending school beyond grade six ...

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled the country unchallenged since ...

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.

Taliban Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Stanekzai faces an arrest warrant and exit ban after criticizing Hibatullah ...

Taliban 's deputy foreign minister Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has reportedly fled Afghanistan after publicly endorsing girls' ...

Akhundzada has made only a handful of public appearances since inheriting the leadership of the Taliban in May 2016 -- days after his predecessor was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan.