UNAMA says at least 57 civilians were killed and 342 others wounded in armed clashes along Afghanistan’s borders between 1 April and 30 June, with most casualties attributed to Pakistani security forces.
The United Nations says killings of former Afghan security personnel are continuing, documenting eight deaths and 29 cases of arbitrary arrest or detention between April and June 2026.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front says its forces repelled several Taliban attacks in Zebak district of Badakhshan at around 10pm local time on Monday.
Taliban police in Badakhshan have confirmed that Zabihullah Amiri, the group’s head of information and culture in the province, has been killed in an attack by two motorcyclists.
The Taliban’s information and culture minister, Sher Ahmad Haqqani, discussed the group’s recent clashes with opposition forces in Badakhshan during a meeting with media officials in Kabul.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Monday responded to reports of recent clashes between the group and opposition forces in Badakhshan.
Iran is pursuing a plan to establish a joint free trade and industrial zone with Afghanistan and China, according to the director-general of economic and finance affairs in South Khorasan province.
The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan says its forces attacked a Taliban post in Kuran Wa Munjan district of Badakhshan on Sunday night, killing one Taliban fighter and wounding two others.
Faisal Mukhtar, the Taliban’s deputy governor in Nuristan, says the death toll from last week’s devastating floods has exceeded 30, with the bodies of 20 victims recovered so far.
Sources from the Afghanistan Freedom Front told Afghanistan International on Sunday afternoon, 26 July, that the group’s forces had advanced in Zebak district of Badakhshan after seizing at least two more Taliban outposts.
Local sources in Badakhshan say Juma Khan Fateh, a Taliban commander in Nusay who had been at odds with the group’s leadership, has returned home after spending some time in Kabul.
Sources from the Afghanistan Freedom Front told Afghanistan International that its fighters shot down two Taliban drones in Zebak district of Badakhshan around midday on Saturday.
Local sources in Takhar told Afghanistan International on Friday that the Taliban had promised to return weapons and military equipment seized from Ghulam Hussain, an influential Taliban Tajik commander.
Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on Afghanistan, has warned against renewed military conflict between the United States and Iran, highlighting the precarious situation of Afghan refugees in Iran.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid rejected Pakistan’s claims about the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, saying Islamabad should not blame the Taliban for its domestic security problems.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has again urged the Taliban to prevent Afghan soil from being used for attacks against Pakistan. He said that Islamabad wants good relations but expects armed groups to be denied sanctuary.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states discussed Afghanistan during a two-day meeting in Kyrgyzstan.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) says at least 21 Taliban fighters, including several commanders, were killed and 37 others wounded in an attack on Taliban positions in Zebak district of Badakhshan.
Following intense clashes between the Taliban and opposition forces in Zebak district of Badakhshan, Afghanistan Freedom Front political chief Daoud Naji said the fight against the Taliban had entered a new phase.
Officials from the Taliban’s 219 Omar-e-Salis Division have confirmed an attack by opposition forces in Zebak district of Badakhshan, saying five opposition fighters were killed and several others wounded.
Sources told Afghanistan International on Friday that fighting between Taliban forces and armed opponents is continuing in Zebak district of Badakhshan, where the Taliban reportedly failed to retake positions lost overnight.