Category Archives: Civilian Injuries and Deaths

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Systematic and Extrajudicial Killings: A Confession That Exposes the Taliban’s Targeted Crimes

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8am: For more than four years, the Taliban have carried out widespread arrests, assassinations, and extrajudicial killings, while forcibly disappearing former military personnel. Despite mounting evidence, the group has consistently dismissed investigative reporting by the media, human rights organizations, and field and visual documentation, labeling them as baseless accusations. Recently, the Hasht-e Subh Daily documented

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Three Ismaili Men Killed In Separate Attacks In Northern Afghanistan

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Afghanistan International: The latest incident occurred on Thursday evening in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, where armed men shot and killed Mohammad Shah, an Ismaili resident originally from Shighnan district. Shah, who worked for a private office in the province, was attacked in the Dasht-e-Qargh area while returning home from a bakery, according to eyewitnesses.

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Islamabad Rejects Criticism as Afghan Civilian Toll Rises

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Tolo News: Following remarks by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan, who condemned Pakistan’s strikes on Kabul and likened Islamabad’s approach to India’s attacks on Pakistan, Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has now rejected the comparison. Khawaja Asif claimed that Pakistan’s operations against Afghanistan were targeted and specifically aimed at verified Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan

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Pakistan Claims 23 Killed in Afghanistan Chaman Border Strikes

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Khaama: Pakistani forces launched strikes on three Taliban bases near the Chaman border over Friday and Saturday, killing at least 23 fighters. Media reports said the operation followed Taliban firing across the border, which was described as an “unprovoked” ceasefire violation. So far, officials in Kabul have not commented on the Pakistani media claim, and

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British Special Forces Officers: Toddlers Were Shot Dead in Afghanistan

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8am: Officers of the British Special Forces have revealed that some members of the United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) shot toddlers in their beds in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013, and that unlawful conduct within the unit was widespread. The UK-based outlet Declassified reported on Sunday night, 30 November 2025, that an officer identified by

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Taliban Blames Pakistan For Air Strikes Killing 10, Including 9 Children

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By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal and RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 25, 2025 The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has vowed a “necessary response” after air strikes it alleged were carried out by Pakistan killed at least 10 people — nine of whom were children — just inside the country’s eastern border region. The Taliban’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah

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Taliban Says Peace Talks With Pakistan Collapse But Cease-Fire Will Hold

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By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 8, 2025 Peace talks in Istanbul between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s hard-line Islamist Taliban rulers have ended with no deal, but a cease-fire between the neighboring countries will continue. The Taliban’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, blamed the collapse of the talks on the Pakistani delegation’s “irresponsible attitude and lack of cooperation.” Writing

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Afghanistan withdraws from Pakistan cricket series after airstrike kills players

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Amu: Afghanistan’s cricket board on Saturday announced its withdrawal from an upcoming T20I series against Pakistan in protest of a deadly Pakistani airstrike that killed eight people, including three young cricketers, in the eastern province of Paktika. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said in a statement it was “deeply saddened” by what it called a

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Kabul Accuses Pakistan Of Launching Deadly Strikes In Western Afghanistan

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 17, 2025 Hopes of an extension of a two-day cease-fire between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers appear to have been dashed by a Pakistani air strikes on Afghan soil late on October 17 that reportedly killed 10 civilians. “Pakistan has broken the cease-fire and bombed three locations in Paktika,” a

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Kabul Gripped By Fear Of More Attacks After Suspected Pakistani Air Strikes

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By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 16, 2025 Nazifa has not left her home since suspected Pakistani air strikes struck her neighborhood in Kabul, the Afghan capital. “We’re scared to go outside,” Nazifa, who used a pseudonym for fear of retribution, told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi. “We don’t want to be caught in another attack.” Nazifa said the huge

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