8am: This incident took place around 7:00 pm on Sunday, January 22, in Kish Katan village, second district of Kohistan, Kapisa province. Dozens of Salafi practitioners were mysteriously assassinated throughout Afghanistan since the Taliban’s rise to power in August 2021. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: This incident took place on Wednesday evening in Shirkhan Khel village, Kohistan’s first district. Armed robberies have increased in regions north of Kabul in the past few months, with most robberies are carried out using the Taliban’s title, outfits and military equipment. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Sources said a blast occurred outside the Taliban governor’s office in Takhar province. No details about the nature of the explosion and casualty toll were immediately available. Local media outlets, however, reported that the explosion was caused by a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a civilian Corolla Toyota vehicle. Click here to
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 15, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said Sunday unknown assailants shot dead a female former lawmaker alongside her bodyguard in her home in the capital, Kabul. Mursal Nabizada, 32, had been elected as a member of the national parliament before the Islamist Taliban seized power from the internationally backed
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 11, 2023 The regional affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for an explosion that ripped through the Afghan capital near the entrance to the Foreign Ministry building, killing at least five people. The militant group’s Amaq news agency said on an affiliated Telegram channel that
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 11, 2023 An explosion has ripped through the Afghan capital near the entrance to the Foreign Ministry building, according to an official from the Taliban-led government and eyewitness accounts. Casualty figures have not been announced, although a source said there were injuries or deaths. A spokesman for the Taliban government’s security
South China Morning Post: Chinese nationals will remain a target in 2023 for an Islamic State offshoot operating in Afghanistan, because of China’s alleged suppression of ethnic Uygur minorities in Xinjiang, according to analysts. China’s ties with the Taliban will add to the risks for its citizens in Afghanistan as the Islamic State Khorasan (Isis-K)
8am: A foreign terrorist in the ranks of the Taliban was killed by unknown individuals in Badakhshan. Speaking to Hasht-e Subh from Badakhshan on Thursday, January 5, sources identified this Taliban fighter, Abu Omar, a citizen of Tajikistan. Abu Omar was one of the skilled Taliban minelayers who played a prominent role in destroying the
Khaama: The residents of southeastern Kabul, District 8th in the capital of Kabul, witnessed several blasts on Wednesday afternoon. In addition to the explosions, gunfire has also been heard by the residents, told Tolo News. In recent months, Afghanistan has seen a crisis security situation, with numerous targeted attacks and bombings against civilians and international
Tolo News: A businessman was released in an operation by the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] forces in Taimani area in Kabul on Monday night, an official said. According to the officials, at least four kidnapers were killed in the operation. “A clash happened between the abductors and the security forces, in which four people were killed