Afghanistan Content Report

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) regularly compiles the propaganda output of al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates operating in Afghanistan to help inform the public understanding of the evolving terrorist dynamics in Afghanistan. CEP's Afghanistan Content Report series ensures this raw material is available to the wider expert and terrorism analyst community, including through a rough translation of the original texts into English, which can build long-term analysis of the development of the propaganda strategies of these groups and therefore support a thorough analysis of the terrorism threat.

Afghanistan Content Report: July 27 – July 31, 2024

Pakistani Shiites have been fighting with Sunnis in Parachinar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Taliban protects Shiites in Afghanistan. Unidentified gunmen attacked United Nations personnel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Taliban members are accused of drug use and sales.
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Afghanistan Content Report: July 13 – July 26, 2024

The Taliban want friendship and cooperation with Russia and Iran. Posts accuse Afghan Shiites of killing Sunnis in Syria. The Taliban mimic the U.S. in their raiding of homes and embrace of capitalism. The Taliban have arrested Uyghur fighters in Afghanistan at the request of the Chinese government. The Taliban have arrested 43 people allegedly connected to the murder of a Shiite cleric in Uruzgan province.
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Afghanistan Content Report: June 8 – June 14, 2024

Unidentified gunmen killed two Taliban members in the city of Khost
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Afghanistan Content Report: July 1 – July 12, 2024

The Taliban are trying to improve relations with Russia and China. The Taliban have promised the Shiite community that they will provide security for upcoming Ashura celebrations. Acts of sexual violence committed by the Taliban are widespread, and the perpetrators go unpunished. The Taliban protect foreigners and religious minority groups within Afghanistan but attack Sunni Muslims.
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Afghanistan Content Report: June 15 – June 30, 2024

Hazaras have fled Afghanistan because of acts of terrorism targeting their community. A leader of the Pakistani political party Assembly of Islamic Clerics was killed in Waziristan. ISIS claimed the attack.
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Afghanistan Content Report: May 25 – June 7, 2024

Taliban officials met with the president of the United Arab Emirates to discuss counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan. A Taliban member was killed in Bajaur, a Taliban intelligence official was killed in Ghor Province, and attacks in Pakistan resulted in the death of a member of the political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and a police officer. Russia is moving to delist the Taliban from their list of terrorist organizations.
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Afghanistan Content Report: May 18 – May 24, 2024

The Iranian government condemned the May 17 Bamiyan attack as an act of terrorism. The Taliban offered their condolences to Iran following the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others in a helicopter crash on May 19. Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi noted that Iran is a significant regional power. There were unclaimed explosions in Kabul and Taleqan.
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Afghanistan Content Report: May 11 – May 17, 2024

Posts noted the May 17 attack on a market in Bamiyan, where several Afghans and foreign tourists were killed or injured. Please note that ISIS claimed this attack via the group’s Amaq news outlet on Saturday, May 18.
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Afghanistan Content Report: May 4 – May 10, 2024

A Taliban military patrol was attacked in Faizabad, Badakhshan, resulting in the killing or wounding of 12 people. Unknown individuals in Kabul have committed attacks. The Taliban and the government of Pakistan have each accused the other of not cracking down on terrorist groups operating from their respective territories.
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Afghanistan Content Report: April 27 – May 3, 2024

An ISIS attack on a Shiite mosque in Herat killed seven people, including the mosque's imam. The attack showed the Taliban’s inability to protect Hazaras. o Iran condemned the attack. • Iran is beginning work to seal their border with Afghanistan.
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Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On August 23, 2017, Boko Haram insurgents attacked several villages in northern Nigeria’s Borno State. The extremists shot at villagers and slit their throats, killing 27 people and wounding at least 6 others. 

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