Carried Out More Than 500,000 Security Operations In 2025, Says Taliban
The Taliban says their Ministry of Defence carried out more than 500,000 security operations across Afghanistan in 2025, seizing large quantities of weapons, ammunition and narcotics.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban’s deputy spokesperson, said the operations were conducted in various parts of the country over the past calendar year. His remarks were reported by Afghanistan National Television, which is run by the Taliban.
Fitrat described 2025 as a “highly productive” year for the Taliban Ministry of Defence. He said the administration had established more than 600 security posts along Afghanistan’s borders.
According to the report, the Ministry of Defence also collected about $48 million in revenue during the year.
Fitrat said multimonth training programmes were held in 2025 for 15,302 Taliban forces as part of efforts to expand and professionalise the group’s security apparatus.
Earlier, Zabihullah Mujahid said the number of personnel in the Taliban Ministry of Defence had exceeded 181,000 in the previous year.
The figures released by the Taliban could not be independently verified.
