Internal conflicts within the Taliban have now become more visible. The group's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has ...

A senior Taliban minister, who publicly condemned the group’s ban on education of girls and women, has reportedly fled ...

One of the few officials in Afghanistan’s Taliban government to support reversing the ban on girls’ education appears to have ...

There is no excuse for this – not now and not in the future, The Guardian quoted Stanikzai as saying. “We are being unjust to ...

Taliban has enforced a three-year ban on female education, preventing girls from attending school beyond grade six ...

During a speech, Taliban's Deputy Minister of Interior, Mohammad Nabi Omari was seen breaking down as he discussed the ...

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.

Taliban 's deputy foreign minister Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has reportedly fled Afghanistan after publicly endorsing girls' ...

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 ...

Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban’s deputy foreign minister, spoke out against the government’s ban on girls attending ...