Afghanistan Content Report

August 1 – August 2, 2024

Please note all items in this issue concern ISIS-K

Table of contents

1. ISIS Al-Naba Newsletter Edition 454, Published August 1, 2024
2. Pro-ISIS Online Chatter
3. ISIS Nashir/Amaq Statements

Main points (Pro-ISIS online chatter)

• Posts accuse the Taliban of committing extrajudicial executions and torture.

1. ISIS Al-Naba Newsletter Edition 454, Published August 1, 2024

• “Two Taliban militia killed and 14 wounded in an attack by the caliphate soldiers in the Afghan capital of Kabul.”

“This week, the soldiers of the caliphate in Khorasan Province killed two members of the apostate Taliban militia and wounded 14 others in an attack targeting their bus in the capital of Kabul. In the details, with the grace of God Almighty, the soldiers of the caliphate attacked a bus carrying members of the apostate Taliban militia in District Five in the city of Kabul with machine guns, which led to the death of at least two members, wounding 14 others, and damaging the bus. A special source told al-Naba that the caliphate soldiers fired 60 bullets at the bus from a close range. The source added that the bus was carrying more than 25 members of the militia’s so-called ‘Interior Ministry,’ indicating that it was targeted after several days of monitoring and follow-up. Al-Naba obtained an exclusive photo of the bus that the mujahideen targeted.”

• “Media Blackout”

“The same source also told al-Naba that the apostate militia had set up a security cordon around the place to prevent filming the dead and wounded while imposing a strict media blackout on the attack and did not allow anyone to approach the place until several hours later.”

• “The bus carrying Taliban militia members that was targeted by the Mujahideen in Kabul was spotted.”

2. Pro-ISIS Online Chatter

• August 1: Pro-ISIS post on Telegram stating that unknown gunmen killed a Taliban official on the Torkham – Jalalabad highway. 

[Please note that the message below is nearly identical in both Pashto and Arabic. Only one translation is provided, rather than the double translation in both languages.]

“Maulvi Amanullah, originally from Lal Pur and currently the ombudsman of Momand Dara, was shot dead in the morning by unidentified gunmen on the main road at Torkham-Jalalabad in Landi Khyber district of Momand Dara.”

• August 1: Pro-ISIS post on Telegram claiming that a man arrested by the Taliban in Kabul was tortured to death.

[Please note that the message below is nearly identical in both Pashto and Arabic. Only one translation is provided, rather than the double translation in both languages.]

“A resident of the village of #Bahramkhel, #Rakheh District #Panjshir, died under torture by the Taliban. He was arrested by the Taliban militia in the region of #Charahi Lab-e-Jar District #Kabul.”

• August 1: Pro-ISIS post on Telegram claiming that the Taliban killed a shepherd in Nuristan province.

[Please note that the message below is nearly identical in both Pashto and Arabic. Only one translation is provided, rather than the double translation in both languages.]

“Taliban militias killed a shepherd named Shah Saeed in #Jarak area of ​​Du Ab district in #Nuristan province.”

• August 1: Pro-ISIS post on Telegram claiming that armed Shiite groups are patrolling in Parachinar. 

[Please note that the message below is nearly identical in both Pashto and Arabic. Only one translation is provided, rather than the double translation in both languages.]

“Armed members of the Shiite armed group #Zainebiyoun are openly patrolling in #Parachinar.

“It should not be forgotten that the said Zainebiyoun group is being sent by Iran to fight against the Sunni Muslims in Iraq and Syria.”

3. ISIS Nashir/Amaq Statements

• There were no Nashir/Amaq claims of responsibility for Afghanistan for August 1 and August 2.