Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada — he is now the most influential person in Afghanistan — and yet he remains a recluse, relegated to the shadows.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two top Taliban leaders in Afghanistan on charges of ...

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled unchallenged since reclaiming power in 2021 ...

Hibatullah Akhundzada gave his warning in a sermon to mark the festival of Eid al-Adha at a mosque in southern Kandahar province, weeks before a Taliban delegation goes to Doha, ...

Judges said there were “reasonable grounds” to suspect Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul ...

According to court, Taliban implemented policies that severely deprived girls, women of basic rights - Anadolu Ajansı ...

When the Taliban overran Kabul in mid-August, seizing power for the second time, the years-old mystery over the whereabouts of the movement's Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada deepened further.

The Taliban confirmed on Wednesday that the group’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada will be the top authority in the country and a president or prime minister will run the country under his ...

Kabul: The Taliban's reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada showed up Friday at a major gathering of clerics in the Afghan capital called to rubber-stamp the hardline Islamist group's rule ...

Hibatullah Akhundzada is considered the “emir” of Afghanistan by the Taliban. He was part of the anti-Soviet war in the. A former anti-Soviet fighter, al Qaeda ally, ...

The Taliban's reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada urged his officials to set aside their differences and serve Afghanistan properly, according to a written statement released Saturday ...

Akhundzada's son Abdur Rahman carried out a suicide bombing against an Afghan military base in southern Helmand province in 2017. After Kabul's fall in summer 2021, the "emir" gained another title, ...