The United Nations Security Council says Taliban opposition groups carried out 116 attacks between January and July 2025, but that the violence remains sporadic and does not pose a serious threat to Taliban rule.
In its report, the Security Council said the National Resistance Front (NRF) claimed responsibility for 73 attacks during the period, while the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) claimed 43.
The report noted a sharp decline in the number of attacks compared with 2024, when the AFF claimed 83 attacks and the NRF claimed 261.
The NRF and the AFF are armed groups opposed to the Taliban that emerged after the group returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021. Both groups have since claimed responsibility for numerous attacks targeting Taliban forces and facilities.
As the UN report was released, the AFF on Thursday reported a new attack on a Taliban checkpoint in the northern city of Kunduz. The group said the guerrilla attack took place at about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17, near a contracted fuel tanker close to Kabul Port in Kunduz.
According to the AFF, two Taliban members were killed and another was wounded in the attack. The Taliban have not commented on the claim.
Earlier, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported that between February 1 and the end of April 2025, the NRF and the AFF carried out a combined total of 72 attacks against the Taliban. UNAMA said the NRF claimed responsibility for 56 of those attacks, while the AFF claimed 16.
