Daily Evacuation Brief | October 23, 2022

Oct 23, 2022

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.

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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…