Armed attack on Taliban Ranger on Kunduz-Shir Khan Bandar highway. A Taliban police ranger was attacked by unidentified gunmen in the Haq-ul-Aboor area of Imam Sahib district, on the Kunduz-Shir Khan Bandar highway, sources in Kunduz province said. The attack was followed by heavy fighting between the attackers and Taliban forces, which continued for some
Resistance Front: The commander of the Takhar Rapid Reaction Unit was killed along with three others in central Baghlan. The Afghan National Resistance Front (ANRF) claimed that the commander of the Taliban’s Rapid Response Unit for Takhar province was killed along with three of his bodyguards in the Shark area of central Baghlan district. The
Fear of execution; British couple recount harrowing experience in Taliban prison. Barbie and Peter Reynolds, a British couple who were held by the Taliban for running a charity education program in Afghanistan, have said they were terrified of being executed while in custody. Peter Reynolds, 80, said: “We started to think we would never be
After Trump’s warning, the Taliban held several emergency meetings in Kandahar. Local sources have reported that after Donald Trump’s statements about retaking Bagram Air Base, the movement of Taliban leaders to Kandahar has increased significantly. Over the past few days, most of the group’s cabinet ministers have met with the Taliban leader and have discussed
Local sources: Bagram targeted by drone attack. Today, Bagram Air Base witnessed a precision drone attack by the United States that targeted a Taliban commando unit. Local sources say that several Taliban members were killed and wounded in the attack, but the group’s officials are trying to prevent the truth from leaking out by concealing
Taliban leader fears US covert operations; Akhundzada has banned digital communications, even using regular telephones. Some local sources have reported that Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has severely restricted access to digital communications around his residence due to concerns about the possibility of assassination by US forces. According to these reports, the use of fiber optic
Critics: The Taliban Ministry of Virtue is a cover for suppressing other ethnic groups. The Taliban have said that they have formed “cooperation committees” in the center and provinces to implement the Law on Encouraging Virtue and Forbidding Vice. The group’s Ministry of Justice announced in a press release that the procedures for these committees
Sources: Taliban are ready for any deal for money and power. Informed sources say that the annexes to the Doha agreement, during the Trump presidency, included a plan to deploy 5,000 American soldiers at the Bagram base. Sources add that the Taliban are ready for any kind of deal to get money and maintain political
New Taliban threat; suicide bombers again target civilians. In an audio message broadcast on the group’s national television on Saturday, Tajmir Jawad, the Taliban’s deputy director general of intelligence, said the Taliban are ready to resume suicide attacks to preserve their system if necessary. He emphasized that this system was achieved at the cost of
Resistance Front attacks increase; Taliban targeted in Kunduz. The Resistance Front media office announced in a press release this evening, Saturday, September 20, that members of this front have carried out an attack on Taliban positions in Kunduz city. The statement said that the attack took place on the evening of Wednesday, September 18, in
