8am: According to reports from sources speaking to Hasht-e Subh, a confrontation took place on Tuesday, August 29th, between Taliban and ISIS in the vicinity of Sistan Township, Zaranj city, the capital of Nimruz province. The armed clash reportedly lasted for nearly half an hour, according to the sources. A source from Zaranj city has
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
Tolo News: Amir Hossein Abdollahian, Iran’s foreign minister, claimed that leaders and fighters of Daesh have recently moved to Afghanistan from Iraq, Syria and parts of Libya. Abdollahian said that the shifting of the Daesh leaders to Afghanistan has become one of the main challenges ahead of the interim Afghan government. Click here to read
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: In the past week, suicide attacks claimed the lives of two senior Taliban commanders in Badakhshan province, resulting in the death of 14 people and injuries to 43 others, primarily civilians. These attacks have drawn condemnation from the United States, Iran, and the United Nations, who denounced the deliberate targeting of civilians during a
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 8, 2023 ISLAMABAD — A bomb blast ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province during a memorial ceremony Thursday for the Taliban provincial deputy governor who was assassinated in an Islamic State group attack this week. The explosion in the provincial capital of Faizabad killed at least 11 worshipers
8am: Over the past two years, suicide attacks have claimed the lives of several Taliban officials. In the most recent incident, a suicide attack targeted and killed the acting governor and deputy governor of the Taliban in Badakhshan province. Similarly, Daud Muzamil, the Taliban governor of Balkh province, was previously killed by an ISIS suicide
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 6, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said Tuesday that a car bomb blast had killed at least two people, including the deputy governor of the northeastern Badakhshan border province. A local official spokesman told VOA by phone that Molvi Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi was being driven to work in the
Asia Times: The Taliban’s ability to lead remains questionable and instability has provided Islamic State the opportunity for expansion – On top of attracting more members to ISIS’ ranks, the Taliban fear ISIS will erase what little legitimacy they have as a governing force by keeping Afghanistan unstable. The Taliban’s leadership remains plagued by division
Jeff Seldin VOA News April 25, 2023 WASHINGTON — The leader of the Islamic State terror group cell that carried out the August 2021 bombing that killed 13 U.S. troops and about 170 Afghan civilians is dead, slain during recent clashes with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban. U.S. officials, who initially confirmed the death to VOA on the