Islamic State militants, an enemy of the Taliban.... Hibatullah Jamal, the Taliban official from

provincial capitals-Badakhshan, Baghlan and Farah-have fallen to the Taliban, led by Hibatullah

image sourceAfghan Islamic Press image captionMawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada is a political and

. There has been one major exception — the group’s supreme leader. Hibatullah Akhundzada — the so

up trouble with the Taliban.... Referring to the organisation’s leader, Mawlawi Hibatullah

up trouble with the Taliban.... Referring to the organisation’s leader, Mawlawi Hibatullah

Hibatullah Akhunzada issued a statement ordering his soldiers to “ treat those who surrender well and

The Taliban co-founder and now deputy prime minister of Afghanistan released an audio statement on Monday, saying he was alive and well after news of his supposed demise went viral on social media. Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was last week named as a number two to Mullah Mohammed Hassan Akhund, blamed “ fake propaganda ” for the death rumours in an audio message posted by the Taliban. Social media has been in a frenzy over the speculation — particularly in India, where rumours swirled that he had b

KANDAHAR: The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters across the southern Afghan city of Kandahar saying that Muslim women who do not wear a hijab that fully covers their bodies are “ trying to look like animals ”, an official confirmed on Thursday.... Since seizing power in August, the Taliban have imposed harsh restrictions on Afghan women, rolling back the marginal gains they made during the two decades since the US invaded the country and ousted the Taliban’s previous regime.... Akh

A blast in the Afghan capital ripped through a Sunni mosque and killed at least 10 people on Friday, an interior ministry official said.A wave of deadly bombings has rocked the country in the last two weeks of Ramazan — some claimed by the Islamic State group — killing dozens of civilians.“ Many worshippers were at the Khalifa Sahib mosque when the blast went off, ” a survivor who gave his name as Ahmad told AFP.... “ Many victims were thrown off their feet.” Mohammad Sabir, a resident in the a