ISIS Efforts to Gain Foothold in Pakistan Alarms Interior Ministry

In a statement, the ministry introduced new restrictions on athletes' attire during training. However, it did not specify whether these restrictions apply to male or female athletes.

This Taliban ministry also declared on Tuesday that "thin clothes" are contrary to Islamic Sharia and Afghan culture. Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, Taliban’s minister of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, urged merchants to abstain from importing such clothing.

Earlier, the Taliban had banned women from sports, recreation, and travel without a male guardian.

Over the past two years, the Taliban’s Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has imposed several regulations that severely restrict citizens' freedom.

The Taliban has mandated that government employees must grow beards and wear hats, and in certain instances, has taken action against those who failed to comply with such directives.

Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed on 3 January 2020, near Baghdad International Airport in an American airstrike.

The blasts occurred on the route to the 'Kerman Martyrs' Cemetery,' where Soleimani is buried. Tasnim News Agency described the explosions as 'massive' and reported the immediate response of security forces. It was noted that two bomb-laden bags were found at the cemetery's entrance and were likely detonated remotely.

Babak Yektafar, the spokesperson for Iran's National Medical Emergency Organisation, noted that some of the injured are in critical condition, raising concerns about an increase in the death toll.

The Deputy for Political and Security Affairs of Kerman Governorate labelled the explosions as 'terrorist' acts. No group has yet claimed responsibility for these incidents, which took place during the anniversary ceremony of Soleimani's killing.

In a statement on Wednesday, the NRF reported that on Tuesday night at 9pm in Badakhshan, the governor's office of the Taliban was targeted with rocket attacks, resulting in injuries of two members of the group.

The NRF added that in a separate attack, the front’s forces detonated a car carrying Taliban members in Pul-e Khumri city, the capital of Baghlan province, around 7:30 on Tuesday night. In this explosion, two Taliban members were killed, and one fighter of this group was injured.

The front added that its forces remained unharmed in these operations.

However, the Taliban has not responded to the NRF’s claim. Earlier, the front also reported the killing of a Taliban fighter in a clash in Kunduz on Tuesday.

Recently, the NRF published its six-month report, claiming that during this period, it conducted 90 attacks on the Taliban and killed 128 members of this group.

The front wrote on X social media platform that one Taliban member has been killed and two others got injured as the result of the attack.

According to the front, this attack resulted in a conflict; however, the forces of the front remained unharmed.

The Taliban has not commented on the incident yet.

He was attacked on Monday whilst returning from Maimana city to his residence in the Daryacha-i-Gorzad area.

Taliban local officials have confirmed the incident and announced that an investigation is underway.

This killing adds to a series of mysterious deaths involving members of the former Afghan government's security forces since the Taliban's takeover. International human rights organisations have pointed to a pattern of detentions, torture, and killings of these individuals, accusing the Taliban of involvement.

In response, the Taliban has denied such allegations, attributing most of these deaths to personal or familial disputes rather than political motives.