Taliban Detains Runaway Couple
The Taliban police command in Kunduz province announced on Saturday that a man had been detained on charges of having an affair and running away with a girl who had been engaged to another man.
The Taliban police command in Kunduz province announced on Saturday that a man had been detained on charges of having an affair and running away with a girl who had been engaged to another man.
The Taliban officials said that both of them are residents of Kunduz province and had "escaped" to Mazar-e-Sharif four days ago. However, both of them had been detained when they returned to Kunduz city.
The Taliban officials said that the detained individuals await judicial proceedings.
Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) on Friday said that the Taliban operation in Khost wa Farang district of Baghlan province has been repelled. In a statement, AFF confirmed that the Taliban had launched 13 attacks on three of their bases on Friday morning, which was countered.
AFF claimed that 28 Taliban fighters had been killed and 18 others had been injured in the clashes.
Taliban officials have not commented on the launch of any operations in Baghlan and the casualties inflicted to its forces.
On Thursday, Mullah Yaqoob, the Taliban's Defense Minister, visited Andrab district and Qari Fasihuddin, the group's Chief of Staff of army, went to Khost district of Baghlan province.
According to local sources, the two senior military officials of the Taliban had asked NRF and AFF forces in the two districts of Khost and Andrab to "surrender" to the group, which was rejected by the resistance forces.
There are also reports of massive deployment of Taliban forces in Baghlan province. Sources have also reported clashes between Taliban fighters and the NRF forces in Dara-e Qasan of Andrab district.
AFF statement read, "The Taliban are going to attack again after collecting the bodies of its killed fighters.”
Taliban on Friday unveiled the underground shelter of Jalaluddin Haqqani, former leader of Haqqani Network. Mohammad Jalal, a member of the Taliban, wrote on his Twitter page that Haqqani led the operations against the “Soviet occupation of Afghanistan” from a cave.
The exact location of the cave, which the Taliban calls “Zhora”, is not known and the group hasn’t shared more information regarding it.
Mohammad Jalal added that this cave had been cleaned after "the end of American occupation".
In 2017, the Taliban had confirmed the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani. He was one of the famous anti-Soviet jihadi commanders and was the founder of the Haqqani network.
The Taliban, especially the Haqqani network, has taken responsibility for many deadly suicide attacks in various provinces, especially in the capital city Kabul, over the last two decades. During these attacks, thousands of civilians had been killed, and injured in Afghanistan.
Currently, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, is the leader of the Haqqani network. He is also the acting Interior Minister of the Taliban government.
Over the past few months, he has often met with the relatives and families of Haqqani and Taliban suicide bombers and has also given them rewards.
Earlier, the Taliban had published pictures of a car being pulled out of the ground, which they say belonged to Mullah Omar, the former leader of the group.
Local sources from Baghlan have stated that the Taliban is focused on suppressing the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces, citing Taliban Defense Minister and Chief of Staff of Army’s visit to Andrab and Khost districts of the province, on Thursday.
It is said that Mullah Yaqoob, the Taliban Defense Minister returned to Kabul, but Qari Fasihuddin, the group’s Chief of Staff of Army, continues to be present in Doabi Bazar of Khost district and is leading the operation to suppress the National Resistance Front forces.
The sources added that two senior military officials of the Taliban asked NRF forces in the two districts of Khost and Andrab to "surrender" to the group, which was rejected by the resistance forces.
There are also reports of massive deployment of Taliban forces in Baghlan province. Sources have also reported clashes between Taliban fighters and the NRF forces in Dara-e Qasan of Andrab district.
Local sources added that Taliban fighters arrested civilians in two districts of Baghlan on Thursday. Amanullah, who had worked in the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan during the Republic era, had too been arrested from his house in Bano-Andarab district.
The Taliban and the National Resistance Front have not yet officially expressed their views on the developments unfolding in Baghlan province.
Local sources in Logar said that four members of a Shia family were killed at their bakery shop by unidentified armed men in Pul Alam, the city center of Logar province on Wednesday night.
A local shopkeeper told Afghanistan International that the dead included three brothers and another relative.
The shopkeeper added that the killed people were residents of Khushi district and were members of the Shiite community. It is said that these people had no personal enmity.
So far, no group or individual has taken responsibility for this killing, and Taliban officials have not commented on the murder.
Earlier, Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) had taken responsibility for attacks against Afghanistan’s Shia community members in various provinces, including the capital Kabul.
Several Afghan activists in an open letter urged leaders around the world to exert diplomatic pressure on Taliban officials to reopen secondary school for girls in Afghanistan.
The letter sought world leaders, regional allies, and international organizations to take coordinated and bold action to uphold their commitments to support the rights of Afghan girls.
They said, "What we are asking for is more than a declaration of solidarity or a moment of silence to condemn the Taliban." The group has demanded immediate financial support for the educational system in Afghanistan, funding for human rights and civil society organizations, and the development of alternative mechanisms for the education of girls in Afghanistan.
After the takeover of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, the Taliban stopped secondary education for girls in Afghanistan. It has been 300 days since secondary school for girls stopped operations across the country.
Despite the international community's pressures on the Taliban, the group has not responded positively to the reopening of girls' schools yet.