8am: Khalid Zadran, the spokesperson for the Taliban security forces, announced tonight that an explosion in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul city has resulted in seven casualties and left twenty others injured. The incident, which took place on Tuesday, November 7th, involved a passenger bus, as stated by Zadran in a message posted on X.
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 28, 2023 The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for an explosion in a Shi’ite neighborhood of Kabul that killed four people on October 26. The group claimed on its Telegram channel on October 27 that it had placed a parcel bomb “in a room where Shi’ites gather” in
AP: An explosion late on October 26 in a mostly Shi’ite neighborhood of Kabul claimed at least two lives and injured nine, a police spokesman said. According to eyewitnesses and pictures and videos published on social media, the explosion occurred in a sports club in the Dasht Barchi area of Kabul. The cause of the
8am: Now that the Taliban is the dominant force in Afghanistan, ISIS-K is playing the role that the Taliban once played against the Western-backed government: an archenemy that focuses more on violence and rabid terrorism than anything else, to challenge the opponent with complete ruthlessness. In this way, the Taliban, being widely criticized due to
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 14, 2023 The Islamic State extremist group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on October 13 that Taliban police said killed seven Shi’ite worshippers and wounded 15 others during Friday prayers. The group issued a statement claiming responsibility after the bombing and saying the death toll was 50 with dozens more injured. Islamic
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 13, 2023 A number of people have been killed and wounded in an explosion that occurred during Friday prayers on October 13 in a Shi’ite mosque in Pol-e-Khomri, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan Province, local officials and sources told RFE/RL. Sources in Baghlan Province, who requested anonymity for security
Khaama: Vladimir Putin stated that significant threats emanate from Afghanistan, and Russia supports Tajikistan’s concerns regarding the threats from Afghanistan. In September of this year, the National Security Committee of Tajikistan announced that three terrorists had been targeted and killed near the border with Afghanistan. Tajikistan stated that these individuals were members of the “Jamiat
8am: Michael McCaul, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives, has stated that the Taliban have never severed their ties with Al-Qaeda and are currently fighting against “ISIS-K as part of an internal struggle for power.” In a press release issued on Monday, October 2nd, the Committee reported McCaul’s
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 13, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban’s “successful” offensive against the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan, IS-Khorasan, has “significantly degraded” its capability and steadily decreased large-scale attacks against civilians, according to a senior US envoy. Tom West, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan, shared the assessment during a Tuesday seminar at the
Ariana: The [Taliban] Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s Chief of Army Staff Qari Fasihudin Fitrat says Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) does not exist in Afghanistan and that Islamabad should seek its enemy on its own territory. n the meantime, Fitrat emphasized that outsiders exaggerate the presence of Daesh in Afghanistan, while this phenomenon does not have a