Amu: Fighting between Taliban and fighters loyal to a dissident Taliban commander Juma Fateh has continued sporadically in Nusay district, Badakhshan province, since Tuesday night, local sources told Amu TV on Wednesday. The clashes in Nusay district involve forces loyal to Juma Fateh, a former Taliban official who has become increasingly critical of Taliban authorities,
Afghanistan International: Sources in Badakhshan told Afghanistan International that Taliban army chief Fasihuddin Fitrat is trying to persuade dissident commander Juma Khan Fateh to travel to Kabul for further talks with the group’s leadership. According to the sources, Fitrat and his delegation have been holding talks with Fateh in Faizabad since Sunday in an effort
Amu: The Taliban’s defense minister, Yaqoob Mujahid, has travelled to border areas in northeastern Badakhshan province, his ministry said, as tensions persist between the Taliban leadership and an influential local commander in the province’s remote Darwaz region. The ministry did not say whether his visit was connected to the reported tensions involving Juma Khan Fateh,
Afghanistan International: Local sources said mediation efforts by the group’s leadership have failed, and Taliban army and intelligence units have been deployed to the province. Juma Khan Fateh, a local Taliban commander leading the dissent in Badakhshan, has established round-the-clock checkpoints in areas under his control; despite previously saying he would not initiate an armed
8am: Reports indicate that a meeting between a Taliban delegation and Juma Khan Fateh, a dissident commander within the group, aimed at negotiating his disarmament, has ended without results. However, according to the sources, Juma Khan Fateh pledged that he would remain at home and would not oppose the Taliban, provided that no one interferes
8am: Sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Thursday, June 25, that the Taliban have begun collecting weapons permit cards and are confiscating and disarming weapons that had previously been issued to certain companies. These measures come amid rising tensions in Badakhshan, with the security situation in parts of the province described as alarming. Earlier
Amu: Taliban are seeking to replace Juma Khan Fateh, one of their powerful commanders in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, following a deepening dispute between him and the Taliban leadership, local sources told Amu on Thursday. Fateh is also the Taliban’s deputy governor in Zabul province in the south of the country. Ahead of this
Amu: Juma Khan Fateh, the Taliban’s deputy governor in Zabul province in south, has agreed to disarm armed men loyal to him in Badakhshan as Taliban attempt to contain a widening dispute over gold mines in the northeastern province, local sources told Amu TV on Saturday. The reported agreement was reached during a meeting with
Afghanistan International: After recent remarks by the Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, demanding unconditional obedience, some Taliban members have criticised him, saying his comments suggest he sees himself “in the position of a prophet”. So far, only Sirajuddin Haqqani and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai have publicly criticised Akhundzada, while other members have not voiced criticism openly.
Afghanistan International: Three sources in Kandahar and Dubai confirmed the arrest, saying it was linked to his efforts to establish a structure for coordinating between religious scholars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Click here to read more (external link).