The National Resistance Front (NRF) called the recent killing of senior Taliban officials in Badakhshan as part of the intra-group violence, and the Taliban’s efforts to provide a permanent base to regional terrorist groups.

NRF has reacted to Tuesday’s attack in which Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, the Taliban’s deputy governor in Badakhshan was killed in Faizabad city. On Thursday, another explosion targeted the funeral ceremony of the deputy governor in Faizabad city, in which Safiullah Samim, a senior Taliban commander, and 11 civilians were killed and 30 others were injured.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack on Ahmadi, but no group has yet claimed responsibility for the explosion that targeted the funeral ceremony.

NRF, however, has expressed sympathy with the families of the civilian victims who died in the recent explosions in Badakhshan and has said that suicide attacks and explosions in mosques are the legacy of the Taliban.

In a statement, NRF emphasised that the Taliban’s claim to provide stability in Afghanistan is a lie to deceive the international community and regional players.