CEP reports on the security situation in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s takeover of the country in August 2021, focusing on the risks emanating from the country and implications for global terrorism. CEP also monitors online content from affiliates of al-Qaeda and ISIS, particularly Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP).
An explosion, detonated by unidentified individuals, targeted a Taliban special forces commander in Taloqan. An explosive detonated “in the middle of a popular Shiite market in the Mazar-i-Sharif area.” The Taliban fought with an unnamed group of...
A Taliban vehicle was damaged by an explosive device in Taloqan. The UN declared that ISIS poses a threat in Afghanistan as well as globally and that “foreigners are flocking to Afghanistan” to join ISIS-K.
Unidentified gunmen killed Abdul Basir Ghiyathi, the head of a road construction company, in Faryab. There was an explosion in front of the Taliban police headquarters in Taloqan. A Shiite individual was murdered in Herat.
Unknown individuals killed 13 members of the same family in Alishiro district of Khost province. Unidentified armed men kidnapped Samad Sherzad, a Shiite Hazara, who is the son of the former director of national security for the Miramor district in...
A Chinese citizen who worked as a manager at a gold mine in Takhar was killed. ISIS claimed credit for the attack the same day. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Chief...
A Taliban soldier was abducted in Nangarhar province and executed by unknown individuals. The Taliban considers the persecution of Uyghur Muslims to be an internal Chinese matter. The Taliban receive support from the U.S. to fight against ISIS-K. An...
Two Taliban-affiliated clerics were killed in Baghlan on January 7. ISIS took credit for the attack the same day. Pakistan has allegedly killed at least 46 people in airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan, near the border. The Taliban has banned the book...
Unidentified individuals attacked a Taliban vehicle near Taloqan, Takhar, killing one Taliban member. Unidentified individuals killed a Taliban security deputy commander, Qari Zalmai, in Parwan. An alleged “Sufi school” was lit on fire in Nangarhar...
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