8am: In less than 24 hours, three women have committed suicide in Takhar, Uruzgan and Daikundi provinces. Apparently, domestic violence has been cited as the reason for these suicides. Mass poverty, lack of education, chronic unemployment and dozens of other difficulties have left women with no choice but to commit suicide. Click here to read more (external link).
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8am: Afghanistan’s National Liberation Front – an anti-Taliban armed group – has announced that it has launched a missile attack on Bagram Airport in Parwan province. The front published a videotape and a newsletter, saying that the attack was carried out around 1:00 am on Monday (July 5th). Based on the claims, six Taliban soldiers have been killed and two others were wounded in the attack. It is mentioned in the newsletter that as a result of this attack, a military vehicle of the Taliban was also destroyed. Click here to read more (external link).
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Tolo News: Hundreds of tonnes of coal from mines across the country are being exported on a daily basis to Pakistan. The industrial companies working in the coal business said that the majority of coal is from Dara-e-Soof of Samangan and Balkhab district of Sar-e-Pul province. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The former head of the Afghanistan Cricket Board has reportedly been detained but security officials have yet to confirm or otherwise comment on his arrest. Videos went viral on social media showing that security forces prevented Fazli from going to the compound of the ACB. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi
July 4, 2022
At least two people were killed after unknown gunmen attacked a vehicle being used by the Taliban’s Defense Ministry in the western Afghan city of Herat, local officials said.
Another 20 were wounded in the attacks, a hospital source told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi.
The vehicle was carrying employees of the Taliban’s 207th Al-Farooq military corps.
Some local media reported four buses were attacked in different parts of the city but the provincial security officials confirmed only one attack.
A Taliban official told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi two men riding an auto rickshaw carried out the attack. He said one of them was killed while the other attacker managed to flee the scene.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
With reporting dpa and Tolonews
8am: Sources in the Balkhab district of Sar-e-Pul province have confirmed that the Taliban have moved their reserve forces inside the villages. These fighters use Shiite Hazara mosques, religious schools, schools and even health centers as their military bases. According to the sources, the Taliban have deployed an estimated 1,000 fighters in the villages of “Khorma Takht”, “Tajri” and “Al-Darz” in Balkhab in order to prevent possible attacks by Mawlawi Mehdi and his loyal fighters. In this connection, a videotape has gone viral on social media, where Taliban fighters in Balkhab are playing music from the loudspeakers of Hussainiyas/Shiite mosques, and they are having fun inside it with smiling faces. Click here to read more (external link).
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8am: Local sources have confirmed an attack on a Taliban camp on the outskirts of Kapisa province. The attack took place in the middle of Saturday night (July 2nd) in the Qazikhel area in the first district of Kapisa province, according to sources. The Afghanistan Liberation Front claims to have carried out the assault. This anti-Taliban military group published a video, claiming that as a result of this attack, 3 Taliban members have been killed and 5 others were wounded. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Relief workers who have voluntarily gone to the remote mountains to help the displaced people of Balkhab for the past four days express their concern over the loss of more children. Those who have visited the Hazar chashma, Dozdan chashma, Sarsalakh, Abqol, Gandaji, Sokhta, Zardsang, Pitab and Pudina villages in the Yekawlang district of central Bamiyan province, say that displaced people in these areas have many problems, including lack of food supplies, shelter, clothes, blankets, and other basic facilities. Click here to read more (external link).