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).
Three Taliban soldiers were killed and three were injured in an attack in Sherzad, Nangarhar. Unidentified gunmen killed a man in Balkh. Russia and the Taliban are working to improve their relationship. Taliban Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan...
Unidentified gunmen murdered “a member of the Afghan Taliban’s Imams and Preachers Committee” in the village of Khakrez, Kandahar. Taliban government workers in Zabul are protesting layoffs. The Taliban plans to reduce the number of government...
Four Taliban officials, including members of the intelligence service, were killed on the Kandahar–Takhar Road. Unidentified gunmen killed a Taliban intelligence officer and injured another in Shor Tepe, Balkh. The Taliban allegedly have closed the...
The U.S. allegedly accessed Bagram Air Base. There were several explosions in Kunduz on April 6, 10, and 11. There were two explosions in Baghlan, potentially from U.S. drones or aircraft from another country.
The Taliban released an American woman from custody to the government of Qatar after President Trump demanded her release. Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Alireza Bikdeli, attended an Eid al-Fitr celebration held by Abdul Kabir, acting minister for...
The U.S. government removed the bounties on three senior Taliban leaders: Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, Abdul Aziz Haqqani, and Yahya Haqqani. The three are still wanted by the U.S. government and are listed as Specially Designated Global...
U.S. negotiators have been meeting with Taliban officials in Kabul to arrange an alleged U.S. return to the country. The U.S. delegation “received information and delivered orders to the Taliban” in Kabul. The Council of the European Union added the...
A Taliban soldier who used to steal from private homes “under the pretext of searches” has been arrested in Kabul. ISIS killed a police officer and an alleged Pakistani spy in Mamumd, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) took...
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