Informed sources told Afghanistan International that fighting between the Afghanistan Freedom Front and the Taliban resumed on Tuesday morning, 29 September, in Kamdesh district of Nuristan. The sources said the clashes began with a Taliban attack and are continuing.
Qari Asil, the Taliban district governor of Tagab in Badakhshan, has announced his resignation in a WhatsApp voice message, protesting the conduct of provincial governor Rahmatullah Najib after waiting three and a half hours to meet him.
Mohammad Hassan Saqib, the Taliban police spokesman in Nuristan, claimed that at least 38 opposition fighters were killed in three days of clashes in Kamdesh district. He said another 60-armed opponent were detained.
Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Monday, September 28, that an Afghan national carried out a suicide car bombing in Dera Ismail Khan that killed 11 people and wounded 32.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) said on Monday, 28 September, that it killed at least three Taliban members and wounded two others in an attack on a Taliban vehicle in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan.
Sources told Afghanistan International that Taliban Justice Ministry forces closed Al-Zahra Clinic in Kabul’s Dasht-e-Barchi on Sunday, forcing patients and staff out before sealing its doors.
An Afghanistan Freedom Front official told Afghanistan International that the group carried out Monday morning’s attack in the Jalghar area of Faizabad. Sources said a vehicle was targeted, but casualty details remain unclear.
Pakistan’s Express Tribune has reported that relations between Islamabad and the Taliban have reached a stage where a diplomatic reset is becoming increasingly difficult.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) said its forces killed 37 Taliban fighters and wounded 24 others in clashes in Kamdesh district of Nuristan and Nari district of Kunar.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says it has lodged a diplomatic protest with the Taliban over what it described as the provocative incursion of 23 drones from Afghan territory. The Taliban had previously rejected Pakistan’s claim that the drones entered the country from Afghanistan.
The UK government is set to reopen a refugee resettlement scheme that will prioritise vulnerable Afghan women and girls, Palestinian refugees and people with disabilities.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar says peace and development in the region are only possible if the terrorist threat from Afghanistan is eliminated.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) said on Saturday that it was fighting Taliban forces in Kamdesh district of Nuristan and claimed to have captured several checkpoints. A Taliban-linked outlet also confirmed clashes in the area.
Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, told Afghanistan International that the country’s human rights situation had deteriorated. He also raised serious concerns about child marriage.
Rabab Fatima, the UN secretary-general’s new special representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA, met Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, told Afghanistan International that the organisation continues to closely follow the critical situation facing the Afghan people.
Former Afghan vice-president Amrullah Saleh says Afghanistan has entered a civil war, warning that the conflict remains limited for now but could develop into a more violent and destructive confrontation.
Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader, has ordered disciplinary action against government employees who defy the morality law, including salary cuts, demotion, suspension and dismissal.
Gordon Brown, former British prime minister and UN special envoy for global education, has urged Muslim countries to pressure the Taliban to lift the ban on girls’ education, stressing that the international community has a responsibility towards Afghan girls.
Pakistani security sources told Afghanistan International that the Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has established military training centres in Kunar, Nangarhar, Khost and Paktika. They said some Afghan Taliban fighters have joined the centres and the TTP’s ranks.
Following Pakistan’s recent attacks, Taliban governors and military officials from Paktia, Paktika, Ghazni, Khost and Logar gathered for a meeting in Paktia.