8am: After seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban has slowly and steadily begun to purge non-Pashtun commanders off its ranks. So far, several Uzbek and Tajik commanders of the group have been ousted from the government in control of the Taliban. Among the Taliban commanders ousted by the group is Mawlawi Mehdi Mujahid. Mahdi
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi June 18, 2022 An attack on a Sikh temple in Kabul killed at least two people and wounded seven on June 18, following the detonation of a car loaded with explosives, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. A video circulating on social media showed a
8am: Sources added that 51 Taliban fighters have been killed or wounded in the clashes in the Chamalwarda area of Rokha district alone. Sources say that as a result of these clashes, two NRF members have been killed and another was wounded. According to sources, the Taliban are carrying the bodies of those fighters killed
8am: As disputes escalating between Commander Mehdi Mujahid, the only Hazara commander of the Taliban group, sources in Sar-e Pol province now reported that the Taliban group has closed the access routes between Balkhab district and the provincial capital. According to sources, the Taliban have banned the commute of passengers and the transport of foodstuff
8am: Sources say that an explosion occurred in a mosque in Kunduz province during Friday prayers. The explosion took place today afternoon inside a mosque in the village of Alefbardi in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province, locals said. The type of explosion is still unknown. It is not clear if the blast was
8am: In a newsletter, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has claimed that the front’s forces attacked the Taliban’s bases in the Jabal Saraj district of Parwan province, killing three Taliban fighters and injuring five others. The attack took place at around 11:30 last night on the Taliban bases in Gulbahar area of Jabal Saraj district.
Tolo News: The [Taliban] Ministry of Interior (MoI) denied the alleged reports of the beheading of three members of the Resistance Front and the killing of civilians in Panjshir province. This comes as 60 human rights defenders in a letter to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres claimed that the forces of the Islamic Emirate are
Foreign Policy: Exiled warlords, power brokers, and ethnic leaders who fled Afghanistan last year ahead of the Taliban’s victory are threatening civil war unless the Islamists start negotiating to let them return home and reclaim their power and authority as an alternative to the nihilistic rule of the terrorists currently in charge. The band that
8am: The residents of Nimruz province have raised deep concerns over the significant increase in armed robberies in this province, saying the crime rate has dramatically increased since the Taliban took control of the country. It is not only Nimroz that has turned into a safe haven for thieves and criminals, harassing innocent civilians for
8am: Locals have confirmed that fierce clashes have broken out between the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces and Taliban fighters in northern Takhar province. According to independent sources, an estimated 60 Taliban fighters carried out an operation on an NRF base yesterday morning in the village of Spanj, Chal district, Takhar province. Sources told Hasht-e