The Taliban leader once warned of a split: A BBC investigation reveals how attitudes to women, the internet and religion are ...

A leaked recording of the head of the Afghan Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, exposes the clash of wills behind an internet ...

As Afghanistan enters 2026, deep fractures inside the Taliban leadership threaten the regime's grip on power in part due to ...

Report claims Hibatullah Akhundzada ‘spooked’ by possibility of schism between his hardline base in south, more pragmatic ...

A history of modern Afghanistan, seen through the lens of Kabul's Intercontinental hotel.

A rare audio clip attributed to Haibatullah Akhundzada has reignited debate over growing rifts inside the Taliban. The ...

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has repeatedly warned that it is not external, but rather the threat of internal divisions, that pose the gravest threat to the survival of the Islamic Emirate, ...

A leaked speech by Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada highlights divisions between hardline Kandahar loyalists and pragmatic Kabul ministers, raising questions about governance and the movement’s ...

India, Jan. 16 -- A rare leaked audio recording has lifted the veil on deepening divisions within Afghanistan's Taliban ...