Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front says it killed three Taliban members and wounded two others in an attack on a checkpoint in Kapisa’s Tagab district. The Afghanistan United Front also reported killing a Taliban police member in Kandahar. In a statement, the Afghanistan Freedom Front said it attacked a Taliban position in Tagab district,
Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan has appointed Commander Mukhtar Shoresh, a close associate of Hasib Panjshiri, as his successor following Panjshiri’s recent killing by the Taliban. In a statement on Friday, 4 September, the NRF thanked national and political figures, leaders and members of the public who honoured Panjshiri’s memory by sending
8am: According to the United Front’s claim, the Taliban fighter was killed on Tuesday evening in an operation by the front’s forces along a road in Kohistanat district of Sar-e-Pol province. This comes as the United Front has also reported killing a Taliban official from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of
Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan United Front says it carried out at least 43 operations against the Taliban in 14 provinces over the past month, claiming 74 Taliban members were killed and 35 others wounded. The United Front said on Tuesday, 1 September, that the attacks targeted individuals it accused of arresting, torturing and harassing Afghan
Afghanistan International: Three anti-Taliban fronts carried out at least 50 attacks across Afghanistan over the past month. The Freedom Front, United Front and National Resistance Front claim the attacks left dozens dead and wounded. Attacks by anti-Taliban fronts increased sharply in August, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan. Their military strategy
8am: In other words, the Taliban have serious weaknesses, but their opponents lack the capacity to exploit them. The Taliban fear every internal uprising, yet their opponents cannot transform these uprisings into a coordinated national movement. The Taliban are unpopular in the north, yet their opponents have failed to convert that discontent into lasting popular
Afghanistan International: The United Front of Afghanistan said it targeted and killed a Taliban intelligence officer in Kandahar’s fifth police district, alleging that he was involved in the detention, torture and killing of numerous former security personnel. Click here to read more (external link). Other Resistance News How NRF commander Hasib Panjshiri was killed Afghanistan
Lowy Institute: Afghanistan does not have an armed resistance so much as a collection of armed groups, operating separately under ambitious leaders with different constituencies, patrons and political ambitions. That fragmentation mirrors the Afghan opposition(Opens in new window) abroad: plenty of organisations and aspiring leaders, with no common command, coherent political program, or agreement on
Afghanistan International: The United Front of Afghanistan said on Friday, 14 August, that its forces had carried out three operations against Taliban forces in Helmand and Kandahar over the previous 24 hours. According to the group’s statement, two Taliban police officers were killed and two others wounded in an attack on the Taliban’s first police
Amu: The Afghanistan Freedom Front said it conducted seven attacks between July 30 and Aug. 9, claiming to have killed 16 Taliban members and wounded 19 others in Badakhshan, Kunduz, Nangarhar and Faryab provinces. The United Front of Afghanistan separately claimed responsibility for 10 attacks during the same period, saying 15 Taliban members were killed