The Taliban’s reclusive leader has made a rare visit to a university in Afghanistan in his first known trip to a modern ...

The Taliban have released just one photograph of Akhundzada. It shows him with a greying beard and white turban looking directly at the camera, and was taken more than two decades ago, according ...

Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, who is reported to have fled to Dubai after criticising the education ban and the Taliban’s leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada. (photo credit: Sefa Karacan/Anadolu/Getty ...

There are no official photos, videos or audio of the visit. A spokesperson for the Higher Education Ministry, Ziaullah Hashmi, said Akhundzada told the Kandahar audience that religious schools and ...