Those using their phones at work will see them smashed and face punishment, according to a written order from the Taliban government’s highest court. By Safiullah Padshah, Yaqoob Akbary, Attaullah ...

The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday announced Haibatullah Akhundzada as their new leader, elevating a low-profile religious figure in a swift power transition after officially confirming the death of ...

(Reuters) - In one of the only known photographs of Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, he stares directly at the camera - an expressionless face between a white turban and a long, grey ...

Few Taliban members can reach him, and even fewer Afghans have seen him. He refuses to meet foreigners, including the most distinguished religious scholars from the Muslim world. Despite the Taliban's ...

Taliban Emir Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada (left) and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani (right). The Taliban rejected arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its emir, ...

Religious scholar Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, named Wednesday as the Afghan Taliban’s new leader, was a senior judge during the insurgent group’s five-year rule over Afghanistan and issued many of ...

FILE - In this undated and unknown location photo, the new leader of Taliban fighters, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is photographed. The Taliban's reclusive supreme leader is urging his officials to ...

July 8 (UPI) --The European-based International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two top Taliban officials over a bundle of legitimate allegations of crimes against women and young ...

Welcome to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan. To subscribe, click here. I'm Abubakar Siddique, a senior correspondent at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi. Here's ...