Japanese officials say senior Afghan Taliban officials are in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help Afghanistan ...

Arrest warrant issued for deputy foreign minister as figures in Afghanistan government criticise supreme leader’s stance on ...

AKBAR GANJI is an Iranian journalist. A former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, he became a political ...

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

The Taliban leader has made a rare visit to a university in Afghanistan in his first known trip to a modern education institution.

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai created a flutter by calling on the Taliban to reopen secondary schools to girls during a ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers will stay united despite enemies' efforts to create divisions among the movement's leaders and the people, a spokesman said, ruling out the prospect of conflict or war ...

Shortly after the speech, the Taliban’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada reportedly ordered Mr Stanikzai’s arrest and ...

Shortly after the speech, the Taliban’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada reportedly ordered Mr Stanikzai’s arrest and issued a travel ban against him, prohibiting him from stepping back in ...

He emphasized that depriving 20 million women of education was unjust. Following these remarks, Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada allegedly ordered his arrest and imposed a travel ban.

Akhundzada inherited the Taliban leadership in May 2016 after a US drone strike in Pakistan killed his predecessor. Believed to be in his 60s or 70s, the reclusive supreme leader rules by decree ...

Afghanistan's supreme leader has said the Taliban will not be intimidated by "threats" in a speech given days after the International Criminal Court prosecutor requested a warrant for his arrest ...