Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada defended the recent public executions as part of Islamic law, rejecting Western criticism and emphasizing the comprehensive nature of Islam beyond mere rituals.

Rights groups and the UN condemned the killings. Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has previously rejected the need for Western laws in Afghanistan. In an audio clip released Sunday by the ...

The Afghan Taliban, in line with their hardline Islamic fundamentalist teachings, have reinforced their media ban on the ...

Movement in Afghanistan continues to fight for women's rights, justice, and freedom, defying Taliban oppression through ...

Since the start of the school year in March, Afghan boys have been required to wear new uniforms of turbans and long tunics, ...

Rights groups and the U.N. condemned the killings. Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has previously rejected the need for Western laws in Afghanistan. In an audio clip released Sunday by the ...