The home of Albania’s late communist dictator Enver Hoxha is hosting international artists fascinated by the long-ruling ...

Although it has been only a few months since al-Sharaa took power in Syria, he has already established ... Some in Afghanistan criticize the actions of the Taliban’s leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, ...

Balochistan has ... had been providing shelter, financial aid and operational support to the proscribed TTP. Leaders of the banned TTP have reportedly met with Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada ...

One of the few officials in Afghanistan’s Taliban government to support reversing the ban on girls’ education appears to have been forced to flee the country. It was just two weeks ago that ...

Shortly after the speech, the Taliban’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada reportedly ordered ... during a ceremony at a school in the province, has been circulated widely on social media.

Following his speech, the Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada ... (SIGAR) has noted divisions within the group, particularly between the Taliban’s power centres in Kabul and ...

Hekmatyar, 76, left Afghanistan when the Taliban rose to power the first time but ... officials when nearly all opposition has been muted. With his long white beard, black turban and thin glasses ...

They emphasised that the group was not as united as it had been ... led by Hibatullah Akhundzada, dominates. However, there are significant rifts within the Taliban.” On one hand, Akhundzada, who is ...

"This is an important moment for Afghan women and girls who have been waiting much too long ... Akhundzada that women cover everything but their eyes and hands in public. The international ...

At the time, with the Taliban out of power, Danesh tried not to dwell on the threats, even as they escalated and began targeting his family. But it wasn’t long before it became impossible to ...

Hibatullah Akhundzada said in ... and girls the United Nations has characterised as “gender apartheid”. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls and women are banned from education.