By Abubakar Siddique and Frishta Sahak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 1, 2024 The Taliban’s repressive policies and widespread rights abuses have made its unrecognized government in Afghanistan a global pariah. To boost its international image, the hard-line Islamist group has tried to woo foreign tourists to the country, where violence has significantly dropped since
By Ayaz Gul VOA News September 30, 2024 Islamabad — The Taliban said Monday that their security forces had killed and captured several “key members” of a regional Islamic State affiliate for plotting recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, alleging that the suspects had crossed over from Pakistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, listed the claims and so-called
Afghanistan International: The Taliban’s police command in Panjshir on Monday announced the start of the second round of the process of collecting unlicensed weapons in the province. Taliban officials in Panjshir announced that no one has the right to keep or transfer unregistered weapons. The Taliban-controlled Afghan National Radio (ANA) quoted the group’s police command
Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front claims to have killed two Taliban members and wounded another on Saturday afternoon in the Sarai Shamali area of Kabul. The group stated that it targeted a vehicle carrying Taliban members in Kabul’s 11th district. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: On Tuesday, September 17, Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, presented his report, which highlighted ISIS’s ridicule of the Taliban’s claims of providing security. The report states that ISIS-Khorasan Province (ISKP) continued its propaganda against the Taliban and the international community over the past three months. In May, they released a video mocking the
Afghanistan International: The UN Secretary-General reported that anti-Taliban fronts, including the National Resistance Front (NRF) and the Afghanistan Freedom Front, have carried out 73 attacks against the Taliban. The report states that from May 14 to July 31, 2,127 security incidents were recorded in Afghanistan, an increase of 53 percent compared to the same period
8am: The massacre of Shia pilgrims at the border between the provinces of Ghor and Daykundi, for which ISIS has claimed responsibility, has once again highlighted the issue of Anti-Shiism among extremist Islamic groups. This event occurred in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, a group that has repeatedly demonstrated that it is no less anti-Shia than
Afghanistan International: Human Rights Watch (HRW) stressed on the need to protect at-risk communities in Afghanistan, including the Hazaras. The organisation said that since the Taliban came to power in August 2021, ISIS has claimed responsibility for at least 17 attacks against Hazaras, in which more than 700 people were killed and wounded. Click here
By AFP and RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi: Taliban authorities confirmed on September 12 that civilians had been shot dead that day in an attack in central Afghanistan but provided no further details. “Unknown gunmen have opened fire and have killed the civilians,” Abdul Matin Qani, a spokesman for the Taliban’s Interior Ministry told the AFP news
8am: The security and intelligence gaps created by the Taliban’s control over Afghanistan and the extensive presence of active terrorist and radical Islamic groups under their umbrella represent a significant and growing threat. This environment has created a remarkable opportunity for international terrorist organizations, including ISIS-K, al-Qaeda, and TTP, to strengthen and expand their operations.