8am: The Taliban have announced the arrest of a member of the former government’s Public Uprising Forces in Faryab province on charges of possessing weapons and military equipment. This comes amid numerous media reports of arrests, torture, and killings of former security forces and members of the Public Uprising Forces by the Taliban. Click here
Afghanistan International: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said arrests and killings of former Afghan security personnel continued in early 2026, documenting 23 arbitrary detentions, nine torture cases and five killings. UNAMA said former government officials and members of the former Afghan National Defence and Security Forces were being forcibly deported to Afghanistan and faced
Afghanistan International: Local sources in Herat say Taliban forces have detained 13 former members of Afghanistan’s previous security forces, with no explanation given for the arrests. Despite declaring a general amnesty, the Taliban have been widely accused of detaining, torturing and killing former security forces. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Several former military personnel who fled to neighboring countries, particularly Pakistan and Iran, due to security threats from the Taliban, say they fear being deported back to Afghanistan under the group’s rule. They report facing serious economic, security, and social hardships, with their children also being denied access to education. According to them, the
8am: Local sources report that unknown armed men shot and killed Yaqub Ebrahimi, the former traffic commander of Ghor province. Sources stated that Ebrahimi was killed on Monday, March 16, in the Kandiwal area of Firuzkuh city, the center of Ghor. The killing of former military personnel has increased in various provinces after the
Khaama: UNAMA reports killings, arbitrary arrests, media restrictions and public punishments in Afghanistan during late 2025, raising concerns over human rights conditions nationwide. UNAMA’s quarterly report says 14 former Afghan security personnel were killed between October and December 2025, alongside 28 arbitrary detentions and seven cases of torture or mistreatment. Click here to read more
Afghanistan International: A local commander affiliated with the National Islamic Movement Party of Afghanistan was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in northern Afghanistan after being deported from Iran, the party’s spokesperson said. Ehsan Niro told Afghanistan International that the Taliban were responsible for the killing of a commander known as Yousuf in Khwaja Du Koh
8am: For more than four years, the Taliban have carried out widespread arrests, assassinations, and extrajudicial killings, while forcibly disappearing former military personnel. Despite mounting evidence, the group has consistently dismissed investigative reporting by the media, human rights organizations, and field and visual documentation, labeling them as baseless accusations. Recently, the Hasht-e Subh Daily documented
8am: The Afghanistan Freedom Front has claimed that two Taliban fighters were killed and two others wounded in an attack in Kunduz province. According to the Afghanistan Freedom Front, the vehicle carrying Taliban fighters was also set on fire in the attack. Click here to read more (external link). More AFF News Afghanistan Freedom Front
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 25, 2025 Ikramuddin Saree, a former police commander in Afghanistan’s Takhar and Baghlan provinces under the pre-Taliban republic, was shot dead on the evening of December 24 outside his office in Tehran. Sources close to him and the anti-Taliban National Resistance Front of Afghanistan confirmed the killing, saying Saree and