Mulvi Hafizullah is hiding in the remote Afghan countryside in fear of his life. The 40-year-old former Taliban protocol officer isn't worried about his ties to the regime.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Call it Chez Omar, or the palace under the mountain. The sprawling pink monstrosity that was home to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has become Kandahar’s main ...

Mullah Omar, the Taliban leader, visited the shrine in 1996, shortly after seizing control of southern Afghanistan. “He came and asked to see the blessed cloak,” says Masood, who is 33.

Sheikh Hassan was dubbed “the Mad Mullah” and made a habit of capturing and beheading as many Brits as he could get hold of. Among his victims were a British commander, Col. Richard Corfield ...

Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhunzada, named the new Afghan Taliban leader following the death of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, is in his late 50s and comes from Panjwai district of southern Kandahar ...

How Somalia's legendary 'Mad Mullah' prefigured the rise of Osama bin Laden—and the 'forever war' between Islam and the West.

After living several months with Muslims in rural Pakistan last year, I saw the birth of my inner mullah. The Inner Mullah Shouts, but He's No Cheerleader - Los Angeles Times ...

The fall of the Taliban and the surrender of Kandahar moves Afghanistan one step closer to rule by an interim government and restoration of humanitarian aid programs. But the war ...

All the same, in the tight-knit communities of the region many marriages are still arranged by parents and performed by the local mullah. Often there is no documentation of such a marriage.