Internal conflicts within the Taliban have now become more visible. The group's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has ...

A senior Taliban minister, who publicly condemned the group’s ban on education of girls and women, has reportedly fled ...

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

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.

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.