By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 21, 2023 An explosion in Kabul on August 21 killed two people inside a vehicle and injured a passenger, the security command of the Taliban-led government said. Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the security command, told the Taliban-controlled Bakhtar news agency that the explosion occurred in the Afghan capital’s Darul
Jeff Seldin VOA News August 18, 2023 Two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, there is growing consensus that the country is again devolving into a hotbed of terrorism activity that is already beginning to affect the region, if not yet capable of reaching the West. Some of the more damning assessments have come
Khaama: Provincial security officials confirmed the incident. The blast unfolded within the third security district of Taloqan, as said in an official statement by the provincial security officials. This incident followed closely on the heels of another explosion in Khost province two days earlier, resulting in the loss of three lives and seven others wounded
8am: The Taliban is engaging in daily arrests, torture, and assassinations of former military and government personnel, civil activists, journalists, and women who protest. They have imposed severe restrictions on the lives of citizens, effectively waging an ongoing war against the people of Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS July 29, 2023 Al-Qaeda is covertly extending external operations capability inside Afghanistan while IS-K and a host of other terror groups continue to gain strength and are preparing to launch campaigns targeting states across Central Asia and Europe, according to a new UN Security Council report released earlier this week. The report
8am: Over the past two years, it has become evident that the Taliban lacks the capability to effectively combat and eradicate terrorist organizations in Afghanistan. The widespread destructive actions carried out by extremist groups, particularly ISIS-K, throughout the country have exposed the Taliban’s weaknesses in dealing with such threats. In fact, the Taliban’s ascent to
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 27, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Tuesday that bombings and other militant violence in Afghanistan had killed more than 1,000 civilians since the Taliban regained control of the country nearly two years ago. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan recorded 3,774 civilian casualties, including 1,095 deaths, between August 15,
8am: According to the sources, on the night of Wednesday, June 21, two armed individuals affiliated with the Taliban were detained by the local residents in the Qatas area of Firozkoh city while attempting to sexually assault two girls. The sources state that these two Taliban members are residents of the Ghelmin area in Firozkoh
Khaama: According to the UN under Secretary General Vladimir Voronkov, Afghanistan has again become a haven for terrorists. On Wednesday, Voronkov was addressing a conference on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization counter-terrorism convention organized by Russian and Chinese missions. “The document is rather profound and informative;’ effectively shows that Afghanistan is once again slowly becoming one
By Michael Scollon Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 15, 2023 Targeted attacks in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan Province have left residents fearful of leaving their homes and the Taliban scrambling to maintain its authority as the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) extremist group makes clear that it has not gone away. The region, once a bastion of resistance to