LAST 24 HOURS
TALIBAN CLAIM TO HAVE KILLED/ARRESTED ISIS-K CELL RESPONSIBLE FOR KAAJ EDUCATION CENTER ATTACK – Taliban officials announced the conclusion of a security operation in Kabul which targeted an ISIS-K cell in Police District 8. The officials claimed that 6 ISIS-K fighters had been killed and 2 had been captured as a result of two separate operations. The ISIS-K cell was said to have planned and carried out several of the recent terrorist bombings (including the deadly education center blast).
TALIBAN CLAIM TO HAVE KILLED 3 ADDITIONAL ISIS-K MEMBERS IN TAKHAR – A Taliban spokesman said a separate operation in Takhar had been successful and 3 ISIS-K fighters had been terminated. No other details were provided and we have yet to confirm this information.
TALIBAN ACCUSED OF EXECUTING 10 NRF PRISONERS IN BADAKHSHAN – Resistance sources claim that 10 NRF prisoners who had been captured in the Mayimi District were tortured and shot. Among the dead was Abdul Hamid, a former Taliban commander who had recently defected to the Resistance. A video of the executions is said to be making the rounds on pro-Taliban social media sites but we have yet to confirm its authenticity.
UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE KILLS 2, WOUNDS 2 MORE IN PAKTIA - A blast was reported in the Zazi District and is thought to have killed 2 children and wounded 2 more when an unexploded mortar shell was triggered.
FORMER BODYGUARD FOR PANJSHIR SPECIAL MILITARY COMMANDER ZAKIR APPOINTED AS NEW COMMANDER – While the former special military commander for Panjshir (Zakir) was thought to have been wounded or killed. Sources in the Ministry of Defense confirmed his former bodyguard, Maulvi Hafez, had been appointed in his place.
NEXT 24 HOURS
CENTRAL BANK TO AUCTION US DOLLARS – The DAB will auction $11 million dollars on Sunday.
SPOTLIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS
Afghanistan: Women Protesters Detail Taliban Abuse
By Human Rights Watch
The women said they were wrongfully detained with their families, including small children. They experienced threats, beatings, dangerous conditions of confinement, denial of due process, abusive conditions of release, and other abuses. The authorities assaulted and administered electric shocks to detained male relatives. The women’s description of their experiences sheds light on the Taliban’s treatment of women protesters in custody and the Taliban’s efforts to silence the protest movement.
AFGHAN NEWS
Suspected Perpetrators of Recent Kabul Blasts Killed in Raid: Officials
By Hadia Ziaei - TOLO News
At least six members of Daesh were killed in a night raid conducted in PD 8 of capital Kabul, a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate said on…
West says Afghanistan to get new bank notes, maps out Afghan Fund
By Ariana News
Addressing a virtual townhall organized by a US-based Afghan diaspora group, Afghans for a Better Tomorrow, West said: “We all know the…
Blast targets Taliban security command in Takhar, kills 5
By MEHR News Agency
Local media in Afghanistan including UFUQ, an explosion targetd the building of the Taliban security command in Takhar province in…
REGIONAL NEWS
TTP attacks in Pakistan a ‘major concern’ says US Afghan envoy
By Daily Times
Sharing the details of his meetings in Pakistan, West said that the challenges faced by the country in dealing with the banned outfit…
INTERNATIONAL NEWS RELATING TO AFGHANISTAN
Germany’s New Program to Take in At-Risk Afghans Challenging
By Zheela Noori & Roshan Noorzai - VOA
Germany’s announcement that it will take in 1,000 at-risk Afghans with their families from Afghanistan will be challenging, an Afghan lawyer says, because it…
Japan Begins Limited Diplomatic Activities in Kabul
By Imran Danish - TOLO News
Japan's foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, said on Friday during a press conference in Tokyo that his country had…
THE DAILY WTF
Kansas man who interpreted for US in Afghanistan accused of concealing Islamic State contact
By J.P. Lawrence - Stars and Stripes
An American citizen who was hired by the U.S. military to be a translator in Afghanistan has been charged in federal court with lying about…
Afghani to the Dollar: $1 – 87.22 AFN (as of 23 OCT 2022)