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

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

Hibatullah Akhundzada was speaking during a sermon marking Eid al-Fitr, an Islamic holiday, at the Eidgah Mosque in the southern city of Kandahar. "There is no need for laws that originate from ...

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 ...

FILE - Afghan leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is pictured in this undated photo, taken in an unknown location. From appointing ministers and judges to selecting district administrators, Akhundzada ...

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, ...