8am: At least 14 Taliban fighters have been killed in the continuation of the clashes between the Taliban and the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces in Panjshir province, local sources reported. Sources told Hasht-e Subh Saturday that as a result of a BM1 missile fired by the NRF forces, 10 Taliban fighters were killed in
Reuters: A Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a Taliban training exercise in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, killing three, the group’s defense ministry said Saturday. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: A traffic police officer was beaten by the relatives of a rickshaw driver in Aybak, the capital of Samangan, on Friday, a security source said. The source said the relatives were “Islamic Emirate forces [Taliban].” Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Khaled Zadran, the spokesman of the Taliban security command in Kabul province, said that on Saturday night, September 10, a mine planted in a bicycle exploded near a Corolla car, injuring three people. It is reported that the explosion has taken place in the Pol-e-Khusk area of Dasht-e-Barch, a Hazara dominated area where the
Tolo News: Dozens of girls above the sixth grade in Paktia took to the streets on Saturday after not being allowed to attend school in the province. The girls demonstrating on the streets criticized the closing of girl’s schools and again requested that the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] reopen their schools. Click here to read more
8am: It is the second anniversary of the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, being commemorated in silence and without marching around the city by his followers and supporters. While the September 9 used to be official holiday in the government calendar and the day was being marked officially by the government. According to Article 41
Michael Hughes: President Joe Biden remains on the defensive over the administration’s handling of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, more than a week after the exit’s one-year anniversary, as Republican rivals sharpen their knives seeing an issue ripe for exploitation ahead of the midterm elections. With control of Congress hanging in the balance in November
Akmal Dawi VOA News September 9, 2022 Unlike his predecessor, who almost terminated opium production in Afghanistan in the last year of Taliban rule with one decree in 2000, the current supreme leader of the Taliban appears to be unsuccessful in implementing his ban on opium production. In April, shortly after Afghan famers harvested opium
Amin Saikal via aspistrategist.org.au: As the world marks the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks this weekend, two other events should be remembered. Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud was assassinated on 9 September 2001 by al-Qaeda agents, two days before the attacks on New York and Washington. Massoud had fought Soviet forces in Afghanistan in