Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada

Al Qaeda leader pledges allegiance to new Taliban leader

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new… Read More

Afghan Taliban

New Taliban chief Akhundzada scholar, not a soldier

KABUL: Religious scholar Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, named Wednesday as the Afghan Taliban's new leader, was… Read More