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

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 reclaiming ...

In 2016, moments after speaking on a TV interview about the dangers of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Zia Danesh’s car was ...

The chief prosecutor of the U.N.'s International Criminal Court is seeking an arrest warrant for the Taliban chief for ...

A statement issued by the office of the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, requests approval for warrants for Haibatullah Akhundzada ...

The requested warrants target Haibatullah Akhundzada, the reclusive Kandahar-based leader of the Taliban, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, the group’s chief justice. Karim Khan, the ICC prosecutor ...

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.

Prosecutor Karim Khan said that after a thorough investigation and review of evidence, his office found "reasonable grounds to believe" that Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and the ...

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 ...