Afghanistan International: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has welcomed recent remarks by Iran’s deputy ambassador in Kabul about armed opponents of the group, saying they reflect the wishes of the Afghan people. Seyed Hassan Mortazavi, Iran’s deputy ambassador in Kabul, had earlier said Tehran did not support any political or military group opposing the Taliban and
Amu: At least four people were killed and nine others wounded after Taliban opened fire on protesters in northeastern Badakhshan province, residents said on Sunday, a day after demonstrations erupted in Yaftal-e-Payin district. Residents told Amu that the protest was triggered by what they described as months of increasing pressure from Taliban, including arrests, house
Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) says it killed at least two Taliban members in an attack on the group’s patrol vehicle in Herat. Taliban officials have not commented. In a statement issued on Saturday, the front said the attack took place near Pashdan Dam at about 10:30 pm on Thursday. It
Afghanistan International: Local sources in Badakhshan say the home of Fasihuddin Fitrat, the Taliban’s army chief of staff, was attacked on Thursday evening in Wurduj district. It is unclear whether he was there at the time. According to the sources, unidentified gunmen opened fire on Fitrat’s home in the village of Istrap from a nearby
Afghanistan International: Informed sources told Afghanistan International that Taliban intelligence has seized the Kabul home of former Member of Parliament Zalmai Khan Mujaddidi and expelled his relatives from the property. According to the sources, Taliban intelligence removed Mujaddidi’s relatives from the house in Kabul’s Wazir Akbar Khan neighbourhood and stationed four-armed men inside. Zalmai Khan
8am: The Sepahiyan-e-Mihan Front (Soldiers of the Homeland) has announced, through the introduction of its military code of conduct, that respecting human rights, humanitarian principles, and international standards related to armed conflict is among its core obligations. The Front stated that, under this code, it is committed to observing the four Geneva Conventions and to
Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front says its forces repelled several Taliban attacks in Zebak district of Badakhshan at around 10pm local time on Monday. The front said its forces launched counterattacks from two directions after repelling the Taliban assaults, forcing Taliban fighters to retreat after suffering casualties. Afghanistan Freedom Front said on Tuesday that
Amu: Fighting between Taliban and the Freedom Front continued in parts of Badakhshan on Monday, according to local residents and sources within the Taliban, as clashes entered a second week. The latest clash follows more than a week of sporadic attacks by armed groups opposed to the Taliban across several districts of Badakhshan, one of
Amu: Fighting between Taliban and the Freedom Front continued for a third consecutive day on Sunday in parts of the northeastern province of Badakhshan, local sources said, as both sides issued conflicting accounts of the battlefield and claimed to have inflicted heavy losses on each other. Residents told Amu TV that intermittent clashes continued overnight
8am: The Afghanistan Freedom Front has claimed that it targeted and destroyed two Taliban military drones in Zebak district of Badakhshan Province. In a statement released on Saturday, July 25, the group said the drones were targeted while conducting operations in airspace under the control of its forces in Zebak, Badakhshan. Click here to read