8am: Local sources in Farah province have reported that several personal bodyguards of a local Taliban commander are killed in a clash with Islamic State of Khurasan Province (ISKP) affiliates on his residential house in Khak-e-Safid district of Farah province on Wednesday, March 30. Meanwhile, there are reports that ISKP fighters have earlier carried out
8am: Local sources in Baghlan province have reported that for the past three days, there has been a heavy clash between Taliban militants and the National Resistance Forces in the villages of Kasa Tarash and Qasan Dara in Andarab province. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Local sources in Mazar-e-Sharif city have confirmed that a car has exploded in the center of the province. The explosion took place at around 3:00 PM on Monday (March 28). According to eyewitnesses, the type of the vehicle and how it exploded is not yet clear. Click here to read more (external link).
Jeff Seldin VOA News March 20, 2022 WASHINGTON — Intelligence agencies worldwide are warning that Taliban rule in Afghanistan is radically reshaping terrorist and militant groups in South Asia and around the world. Specifically, intelligence and counterterrorism officials say that despite Taliban promises to sever ties with al-Qaida and oppose terror groups such as the Islamic
Tolo News: Solar year 1400 will be considered an especially eventful time for Afghanistan, as the country’s peace process failed, the Western-backed republic government collapsed, and US-led NATO forces exited after two decades of military presence. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghans dealt serious challenges through year 1400
8am: Uruzgan Khas is Hazara dominated district. Despite general amnesty announced by Taliban, mysterious murders and killings in the different parts of the country have raised questions that Taliban rebels are killing the people for the sack of revenge and no one in connection to crimes has been arrested or punished so far. Click here
Fox News: Biden administration’s Afghanistan pullout has sparked long-term security dangers, observers warn. Click here to read more (external link).
Jeff Seldin VOA News March 15, 2022 WASHINGTON — More than six months after the U.S. pulled its last troops from Afghanistan, the threat from the Islamic State’s Afghan affiliate is growing, though new intelligence assessments suggest that earlier warnings the group might be able to strike at America and its allies as early as next
8am: In addition, it is reported that two former military soldiers are killed in Mazar-e-Sharif too. Though Taliban have announced the general amnesty, the former soldiers, government officials, and those who have worked with foreign alliances have not yet been safe for the last six months. They are either killed or imprisoned and the Taliban
The Atlantic: … Talib fighters began going house to house in Kabul in pursuit of the regime’s supposed enemies. The targets of these ongoing searches are Afghans who served in the former government or military, especially members of the Hazara and Tajik ethnic minorities. The hunt is spreading around the country, putting the lives of