The Latest Breaking News from Hibatullah Akhundzada

The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price

After two years in power, the Taliban are entrenched as rulers of Afghanistan, facing no significant opposition that could topple them

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says

An Afghan higher education official says universities are ready to welcome back female students but the Taliban supreme leader has to give the order for their return first

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023

The Taliban say they are outlawing women's beauty salons in Afghanistan

The announcement is the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment.

WEKU · Jul 5, 2023

Reclusive Taliban Leader Releases End-of-Ramadan Message

The reclusive top leader of the Taliban released a message Tuesday lauding the changes in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover and the measures they imposed after seizing the country following two decades of war. The statement from Hibatullah Akhundzada was made public ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday later this…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 18, 2023

Reclusive Taliban leader releases end-of-Ramadan message

The reclusive top leader of the Taliban has released a message lauding the changes in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover and the measures they imposed after seizing the country following two decades of war

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Taliban shares rare chilling audio message from its mysterious supreme leader

Hibatullah Akhundzada hardly ever appears in public and surrounds himself with other religious scholars in Afghanistan who are opposed to education and work for women

Daily Mirror · Apr 13, 2023

Taliban share rare audio message from supreme leader

The Taliban's supreme leader says Afghanistan will be ruined without justice, in a rare audio message shared on social media

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2023

Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans

A rare public show of division is emerging in the ranks of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

Afghan Taliban carry out first public execution since returning to power

An Afghan man convicted of murder was executed in public Wednesday, the Taliban said, the first confirmation of such a sentence since the hardline Islamists returned to power.

France 24 · Dec 7, 2022

We visited a Taliban leader's compound to examine his vision for Afghanistan

On the day a U.S. drone strike killed the leader of al-Qaida in Afghanistan, NPR sat down for an interview with the man in charge of the country's defense.

WEKU · Aug 5, 2022