Afghanistan Content Report: June 14 – 20, 2025

Afghanistan Content Report 

June 14 – 20, 2025

Please note that all items in this issue concern ISIS-K 

Table of contents 

  1. ISIS Al-Naba Newsletter Edition 500, Published June 19, 2025
  2. Pro-ISIS Online Chatter
  3. ISIS Amaq/Nashir Statements
  4. ISIS-K Linked Al-Azaim Pamphlet “Shariah Review of Hibatullah’s Eid Speech,” Released on June 16, 2025 

 

Main points (Pro-ISIS Online Chatter) 

Afghanistan 

  • A Shiite cleric was killed in Nasi, Badakhshan, and the perpetrators “beheaded him and placed his head on his chest.” No one has claimed credit for the murder.
  • Unidentified gunmen murdered a member of the Taliban in Nangarhar.
  • Taliban and Pakistani soldiers fought along the border in Kunar Province. Two Taliban border guards were killed.
  • Taliban Deputy Spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat condemned Israel’s killing of Iranian leaders and nuclear scientists. 

Pakistan 

  • Two police officers were killed and two were wounded in an armed attack in Dera Bugti District, Balochistan.
  • Two people identified as security personnel were killed by unknown individuals using an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kech District, Balochistan.
  • Unidentified militants attacked a police station in Balochistan with explosives. 

 

1. ISIS Al-Naba Newsletter Edition 500, Published June 19, 2025

 • There were no ISIS-K news items in this week’s al-Naba. 

 

2. Pro-ISIS Online Chatter 

  • June 14: Pro-ISIS post on Telegram stating that the Taliban’s deputy spokesperson, Hamdullah Fitrat, condemned Israel’s killing of Iranian nuclear scientists and leaders and offered condolences. See https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-194650. 

Text: “Kabul: Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the Taliban, condemned the killing of senior Iranian leaders and nuclear scientists in Israeli attacks.” 

“Follow-ups. The Afghan Taliban offers condolences to Iran over the killing of its leaders.” 

 

“Urgent. Two policemen were killed and two others injured when unidentified gunmen attacked a police vehicle in Sui, Dera Bugti, in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.” 

 

june 14 pro isis post telegram
  • June 15: Pro-ISIS post on Telegram claiming that two “security personnel” were killed by unknown individuals using an IED in Kech District, Balochistan. 

“Urgent: Two security personnel were killed in an IED explosion in the Kech District of Balochistan, Pakistan.”

 

“Urgent. Clashes erupted between Afghan Taliban forces and the Pakistani army over a disputed border post in the Kunar region, resulting in the deaths of two Taliban border guards.” 

june 15 pro-isis telegram taliban pakistani soldiers

“Notice. The Taliban threatens to intervene if the U.S. intervenes against Iran. Pakistan will nuke Israel if the war intensifies. Fake news with no basis in fact.” 

June 15 Pro-ISIS post on Telegram Taliban threatened

 

  • June 15: Pro-ISIS post on Telegram noting that the Taliban have a relationship with both Iran and the U.S., and therefore, “they cannot side with one party against the other.” 

“Observers. The Afghan Taliban’s position is similar to that of [Ahmed] al-Sharaa in Syria. Locally, they are called ‘razor swallowers.’ They can neither swallow nor expel it. 

“Because the Taliban has a close relationship with Iran and the United States, they cannot side with one party against the other. Thank you. “Note: (A razor is a razor blade).” 

 

  • June 18: Pro-ISIS post on Telegram stating that a Shiite cleric was killed in Nasi, Badakhshan, and that the perpetrators “beheaded him and placed his head on his chest.” No one has claimed credit for the murder. 

Text: “The murder of this Shiite cleric in the Nasi District of Badakhshan (north Afghanistan) is alarming. The perpetrators beheaded him and placed his head on his chest—a sign indicating a possible religiously motivated murder.” 

“Urgent: Gunmen attacked the senior Afghan Hazara cleric, Kazem Amiri, in the Nasi area of 

Badakhshan, northern Afghanistan, and executed him in a manner that indicates the perpetrator.” 

 

  • June 18: Pro-ISIS post on Telegram claiming that unidentified gunmen murdered a member of the Taliban in Nangarhar. 

“Urgent. Gunmen assassinate a member of the Afghan Taliban forces in Nangarhar Province.” 

 

  • June 20: Pro-ISIS post on Telegram stating that unidentified militants attacked a police station in Balochistan with explosives. 

“Urgent. Militants detonate an explosive device at a police station in Balochistan, Pakistan.” 

june 20 pro isis balochistan

 

3. ISIS Amaq/Nashir Statements 

•            There were no Amaq/Nashir claims of responsibility for Afghanistan between June 14 and 20. 

 

4. ISIS-K Linked Al-Azaim Pamphlet “Shariah Review of Hibatullah’s Eid Speech,” Released on June 16, 2025

ISIS-K linked Al-Azaim’s response to Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada’s Eid speech. The 

12-page pamphlet was originally published in the Pashto language. See https://hurriyat.net/article/206/details/Eid%20Message%20of%20Amir-ulMomineen%20%28may%20Allah%20protect%20him%29;%20A%20Guide%20for%20Prosperity%20of%2 0Ummah and https://www.afintl.com/en/202506073734. 

Summary: 

  • Hypocrites (such as Hibatullah Akhundzada) are more harmful than infidels because they seek to trick people into thinking they are righteous when they promote polytheism and disbelief.
  • Akhundzada said that an Islamic system has been established in Afghanistan, but:
    • The Taliban allow Sufism in Afghanistan while cracking down on the teaching of Salafism through the banning of books, the closing of schools, the imprisonment of clerics, and the killing of Salafists.
    • The Taliban seek friendly relations with all states, have good intentions towards them, and accept money from them.
    • The Taliban accept the principles and foundations of democracy. The Taliban system includes freedom of religious belief and permits communists and atheists to live in Afghanistan.
    • The Taliban system also proclaims equality between different faiths and sects, including Sunnis, Shiites, Ismailis, Hindus, secular people, and communists.
    • The Taliban supports regional powers who are fighting against ISIS.
    • The Taliban do not impose religiously mandated legal punishments and have replaced them with temporary punishments, such as flogging or prison sentences.
    • The Taliban “enjoy the torture and oppression of Muslims” by nonbelievers and apostates. 

The Taliban lauds the latter group, giving them gifts in return for the money they receive. 

  • The Taliban have adopted international law and encouraged respect for it.
  • The Taliban system is not Islamic.
    • The Taliban have sacrificed the lives of their soldiers for a rotten, hypocritical system.
    • The Taliban receive foreign aid payments while encouraging the Afghan people to donate to charity.
  • Akhundzada claimed that the Taliban are the true mujahideen and supporters of jihad. Still, he has issued a fatwa suspending religiously mandated fighting outside of Afghanistan’s borders and condemned ISIS-K as “terrorists.”
  • Akhundzada claimed that the Taliban have banned narcotics.
    • The Taliban were previously involved in the opium trade, financially benefiting from poppy production to pay for the war. The money from drug sales was dirty, and collecting taxes from forbidden activities, such as opium cultivation, was also forbidden.
    • The Taliban have not banned cigarettes, which are also forbidden.
  • It is not necessary to show obedience to an apostate leader nor to follow a hypocritical religious political system.
  • The Taliban’s system of governance was designed by the Americans in Doha, Qatar.
  • Akhundzada mentioned Palestine in his speech and criticized the U.S., but this is meaningless while the Taliban accepts American money. 
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