EditorialHabib Rahman Inqayad?s father, Mullah Gul-Wali, top right, was a Talib in the previous regime. He was killed fighting in the northern province of Balkh during the U.S. invasion in 2001, when his son was just 4. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
EditorialNew York Times reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, third from right in red hat, interviews Mullah Abdul Rahim Gulab, sitting below the weapon in the window, in Marjah, Afghanistan, on Nov. 8, 2021. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialMullah Abdul Salam rests at his modest poppy farm in Musa Qala, in Afghanistan?s Helmand province, Nov. 9, 2021. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialPersian mullah or priest in turban, embroidered cape, fur-lined coat, slippers, carrying a stick. Handcoloured woodcut by S.T. after an illustration by S.B. from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Hist...
EditorialMullah Shafiq Khatib, with a Taliban flag next to him, delivers a sermon before Friday prayers at the Pul-e Kheshti mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialPhotos provided by the U.S. Department of Defense show, from left: Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mullah Fazel Mazloom and Mullah Norullah Noori. (Department of Defense via The New York Times)
EditorialAn aged Mullah. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper India or Pakistan; ca. 1615 Artist: Farrukh Beg, born ca. 1545-died active 38.6 cm x 25.1 cm (page), 16.8 cm x 11.1 cm (picture only) Museum Number: IM.10-1925.
EditorialPersian mullah or priest in turban, embroidered cape, fur-lined coat, slippers, carrying a stick. Handcoloured woodcut by S.T. after an illustration by S.B. from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Hist...
EditorialA mural depicting Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, and Mullah Baradar shaking hands after the signing of a peace deal between the U.S. and the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 15, 2020. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump talks with reporters as departs the White House in Washington to visit the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times)
EditorialA mullah walks over the flags of the U.S. and Britain at Tehran University in Tehran on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, as he leaves a memorial service organized by government supporters for Gen. Qassem Soleimani and for those killed in the Ukrainian passenger jet crash last week. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialPersian mullah or priest in turban, embroidered cape, fur-lined coat, slippers, carrying a stick. Handcoloured woodcut by S.T. after an illustration by S.B. from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Hist...
EditorialAn aged Mullah. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper India or Pakistan; ca. 1615 Artist: Farrukh Beg, born ca. 1545-died active 38.6 cm x 25.1 cm (page), 16.8 cm x 11.1 cm (picture only) Museum Number: IM.10-1925.