The National Resistance Front (NRF) and the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) have claimed responsibility for coordinated attacks against Taliban forces in Kunduz and Takhar provinces on Saturday evening.
On Sunday, the NRF released a statement announcing that its fighters had attacked a Taliban base in the seventh security district of Kunduz city the previous evening. The group claimed that three Taliban fighters were killed and two others were wounded in the assault.
Similarly, the AFF stated that its forces had targeted the Taliban’s recruitment command in the first security district of Taloqan city of Takhar province on Saturday evening, claiming that four Taliban members were killed and two others were injured.
Both resistance groups asserted that their forces sustained no casualties during the attacks.
Local sources in Kunduz reported explosions and gunfire on Saturday evening. However, the Taliban’s police command spokesperson in Kunduz dismissed these reports as “rumours”, accusing “hostile media” of spreading misinformation.
Despite this denial, the NRF stated that its forces engaged in a 30-minute battle with the Taliban in Kunduz, deploying both light and heavy weaponry.
Meanwhile, in Takhar, local sources also reported explosions and gunfire in Taloqan, the provincial capital. While Taliban officials have not yet commented, the AFF claimed responsibility for an attack on the Taliban’s recruitment headquarters, resulting in a 10-minute skirmish.
According to the AFF, over the past week, the Taliban forcibly summoned 94 young men from Takhar, demanding their enlistment in the group’s army.
