Over the next eight years, until the end of combat operations in 2014, it was not just Americans who were risking life and ...

Report claims Hibatullah Akhundzada ‘spooked’ by possibility of schism between his hardline base in south, more pragmatic ...

As Afghanistan enters 2026, deep fractures inside the Taliban leadership threaten the regime's grip on power in part due to ...

Kabul – A speech attributed to Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has laid bare internal differences within ...

The Taliban leader once warned of a split: A BBC investigation reveals how attitudes to women, the internet and religion are ...

A suicide attack that killed the Taliban minister of refugees and repatriation, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, in December 2024, ...

At the apex of the Taliban system stands Hibatullah Akhundzada, who exercises undisputed authority as Amir al-Mu’minin.

Aghanistan is a country most of us would rather forget. I learnt that the hard way a couple of years ago when I returned there and suggested that the West should re-engage with the Taliban. Few wanted ...

A leaked speech by Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada highlights divisions between hardline Kandahar loyalists and pragmatic Kabul ministers, raising questions about governance and the movement’s ...

Four years after the Taliban's return to power, security is no longer the defining issue in Afghanistan. Instead, one of the ...