Afghanistan International: The Taliban police command in Baghlan says its forces killed two National Resistance Front commanders during an operation in Nahrin district. The Taliban identified the commanders as Shams and Baba. The Taliban police command in Baghlan said on Friday, 28 August, that the two senior NRF members were killed during an operation the
8am: The statement said the Taliban are using the names of “women, cyber networks, and digital bots” while simultaneously seeking to create distrust, erode social capital, and disrupt efforts to seek justice and continue the struggle. The NRF said these efforts are being organized using extensive financial resources and through the misuse of foreign aid.
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 National Resistance Front said the Taliban-appointed mayor of Faizabad in Badakhshan was killed in an attack by its forces. The group said the mayor’s guards were also killed. Local sources had earlier reported an explosive attack on a vehicle carrying the Taliban mayor in Faizabad. The National Resistance Front said the attack
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
Afghanistan International: The attacks were reported in Badakhshan, Kunduz, Baghlan, Kabul, Faryab, Ghor, Herat, Kandahar and Helmand. The Afghanistan Freedom Front, the United Front of Afghanistan and the National Resistance Front have separately claimed responsibility for attacks in different parts of the country. Click here to read more (external link). More Two Taliban Members Killed
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
Khaama: Public funeral and mourning ceremonies for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began on Friday in Tehran, with senior Iranian officials and foreign delegations attending the opening events at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla. Afghanistan was represented by figures from different political sides. A Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, deputy prime