Khaama: The Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has claimed responsibility for the killing of Zabihullah Amiri, the Taliban-appointed director of information and culture in northeastern Badakhshan province. According to Agence France-Presse, the monitoring group SITE reported that Islamic State Khorasan (ISKP) said in a statement on Wednesday that its members targeted Amiri on Tuesday while
Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front says its forces repelled several Taliban attacks in Zebak district of Badakhshan at around 10pm local time on Monday. The front said its forces launched counterattacks from two directions after repelling the Taliban assaults, forcing Taliban fighters to retreat after suffering casualties. Afghanistan Freedom Front said on Tuesday that
Khaama: At least 33 Ismaili prayer halls in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province were closed over the past three months, the United Nations said on Tuesday, raising fresh concerns over religious freedom and the rights of minority communities under the Taliban administration. The closures add to growing international scrutiny over the treatment of Afghanistan’s religious minorities
Amu: Fighting between Taliban and the Freedom Front continued in parts of Badakhshan on Monday, according to local residents and sources within the Taliban, as clashes entered a second week. The latest clash follows more than a week of sporadic attacks by armed groups opposed to the Taliban across several districts of Badakhshan, one of
Amu: Fighting between Taliban and the Freedom Front continued for a third consecutive day on Sunday in parts of the northeastern province of Badakhshan, local sources said, as both sides issued conflicting accounts of the battlefield and claimed to have inflicted heavy losses on each other. Residents told Amu TV that intermittent clashes continued overnight
8am: The Afghanistan Freedom Front has claimed that it targeted and destroyed two Taliban military drones in Zebak district of Badakhshan Province. In a statement released on Saturday, July 25, the group said the drones were targeted while conducting operations in airspace under the control of its forces in Zebak, Badakhshan. Click here to read
Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) says at least 21 Taliban fighters, including several commanders, were killed and 37 others wounded in an attack on Taliban positions in Zebak district of Badakhshan. The front said in a statement on Friday that its operation began on Thursday morning, 23 July, from several directions against Taliban
Afghanistan International: Qayum Malang, commander of the Sepah-e Mihan Front, released his first audio message five days after the attack on Yaftal district in Badakhshan, saying he and his fighters were safe. Malang said on Wednesday, 22 July: “I am in full health. Do not follow the enemy’s propaganda. We are all safe and well.”
Afghanistan International: The protesters told Afghanistan International that mining workshops belonging to low-income individuals have been shut for about a month, while sites linked to powerful figures continue to operate. They alleged that those workshops had obtained permission to extract minerals by paying bribes to the Taliban. According to the protesters, the situation has left
8am: The emergence of a front named “Sepahiyan-e Mihan” (“Soldiers of the Homeland”) should not be assessed merely as the birth of another armed group alongside other anti-Taliban fronts. The main significance of this event lies in the fact that, contrary to Taliban expectations, the passage of time has not only failed to reduce the