Hibatullah Akhundzada's assertions came days after the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced he was ...

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

Senior Taliban official Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has reportedly left Afghanistan after publicly opposing the regime's ban on women's education.

There is no excuse for this – not now and not in the future, The Guardian quoted Stanikzai as saying. “We are being unjust to ...

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 ...

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.