Hibatullah

After months of suspense, the Taliban on Friday confirmed the death of their elusive chief Hibatullah Akhundzada who has shepherded the group since 2016 saying that he died in a suicide attack in Pakistan last year, sources told…

KANDAHAR: The Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is now the most influential person in Afghanistan, but yet he remains a recluse, relegated to the shadows. Hollie Mc Kay, writing in New York Post said that the images of him…

<!-- -->The Taliban have a long history of keeping their top leader in the shadows. (Representational)Kabul: The Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada -- who has never made a public appearance and whose whereabouts have…

In the days since taking power in Afghanistan, a wide range of Taliban figures have entered Kabul -- hardened commandos, armed madrassa students and greying leaders back from years of exile. There has been one major…