8am: Local sources in Samangan province have confirmed that the Taliban rebels have arrested their Uzbek commander named Mullah Jandullah. He is accused of helping the National Resistance Front in the province. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: As a result of fierce clashes in the valley of Andarab in Baghlan province between the Taliban and National Resistance Front forces, an NRF commander named Shokrullah Andarabi is killed, local sources have reported. The clashes took place in the Kasa Tarash village of Andarab on Tuesday night, May 3, sources told Hasht-e Subh.
8am: Local sources have confirmed that unidentified gunmen killed two Taliban rebels on the Kabul-Parwan road. The incident took place in Qarabagh district of Kabul province on Monday, May 2. Although the sources do not mention a specific person or group, the National Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for the attack. Click here to read
8am: On Saturday night (April 30), the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces led by Khair Mohammad Andarabi carried out attacks on Taliban bases in the villages of Taghanak and Paskundi in the Pul-e-Hesar district (in the Andarab region) of Baghlan province. According to independent sources, casualties were reported on both sides. Eleven Taliban members and
8am: The National Liberation Front claims that they have attacked a Taliban checkpoint in the PD5 of Kabul. In a newsletter sent to Hasht-e Subh, the attack [had] taken place on Thursday night, April 29, 2022. Click here to read more (external link).
BBC News: Lt Gen Sami Sadat said that eight months of Taliban rule has convinced many Afghans that military action is the only way forward. He said operations could begin next month after the Islamic Eid festival, when he plans to return to Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News Masood Farivar April 28, 2022 With the onset of the “fighting season” in Afghanistan, small pockets of anti-Taliban resistance appear to be forming across much of the country. The development, coupled with a spike in deadly attacks by the Islamic State terrorist group, could threaten the Taliban’s hold on power eight months after
By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 27, 2022 For nearly two decades, the Taliban launched an annual deadly spring offensive in a bid to regain the power it lost in 2001. As the snows melted in the Afghan mountains, Taliban fighters hastened their attacks on officials and troops of the pro-Western Afghan republic and
8am: Taliban rebels have arrested 6 men in the Lal-wa-Sarjangal district of Ghor province on charges of helping the National Resistance Front (NRF). According to the Taliban’s claim, they have arrested a man named Dostum, being affiliated with the NRF, after the clash in the district. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban
8am: Local sources in Takhar province have reported that due to an explosion in front of the Taliban Intelligence Department in Khwaja Ghar district in the province, 2 Taliban rebels are injured. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the incident. Click here to read more (external link).