Questions remain over whether the group has cast off an extremist ideology that carried them through two decades of war.
Tag: Akhundzada, Haibatullah
The Taliban’s Leaders: Worldly and ‘Inclusive’ or Ruthless Ideologues?
The Taliban claim to be more tolerant now, even willing to work with women. But have they really cast off their extremist ideology or is it all a ruse?
Bomb Strikes Pakistan Mosque Frequented by Afghan Taliban Chief
The bombing came as the United States and the Taliban near a deal. It was unclear whether the Taliban’s top leader Mawlawi Haibatullah was at the mosque.
Bombing at Afghan Mosque Kills Popular Religious Scholar
The attack, which killed two people in all, mirrored a Taliban strategy of targeting those with religious influence to exert the militant group’s power far from the battlefield.