Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has claimed responsibility for an armed attack targeting the Taliban’s Directorate of the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Kunduz province, killing two Taliban members and injuring another.
In a statement released Tuesday, the AFF said the operation was carried out Monday night against the office of Mullah Najib Ghafori, the local head of the Taliban’s morality police. The group stated the attack resulted in the deaths of two Taliban personnel and left one wounded. The fate of Mullah Ghafori remains unclear.
The AFF said the assault was in retaliation for what it described as arbitrary arrests, the abduction of women, and widespread harassment of civilians by the Taliban’s morality enforcement agency. The group warned that similar operations would continue.
The Taliban has not publicly commented on the incident.
The AFF previously declared that officials and offices of the Taliban’s morality police would be considered legitimate military targets.
