Later that month, the Taliban’s supreme leader, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, issued an order ... censorship of books and the collection of books that emphasize different thinking, tolerance ...

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 ...

Internal conflicts within the Taliban have now become more visible. The group’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has deployed his loyal fighters to key strategic locations in Kabul ...

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.