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

Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and ...

Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has been the Taliban’s supreme leader since 2016. Reclusive leader Mullah Mohammed Omar led the Taliban from the mid-1990s until his death in 2013. The exact ...

Those loyal to Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada defend a strict application of Sharia, while a group close to the Haqqani network advocates a more pragmatic approach to improve international relations.

The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he will seek arrest warrants against senior leaders of the Taliban government in Afghanistan over the persecution of women and girls.

Karim Khan said there were reasonable grounds to suspect that Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim ... Haqqani is a close associate of Taliban founder Mullah Omar and ...

Karim Khan said there were reasonable grounds to suspect that Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief ... a close associate of Taliban founder Mullah Omar and served as a negotiator ...