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).
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...
The Taliban has carried out public floggings in Kunduz, Paktika, and Paktia provinces. Georgette Gagnon, the deputy special representative of the secretary-general for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), visited Kandahar...
ISIS took credit for attacking a Sufi shrine in Baghlan province, killing ten people, including Taliban members. ISIS killed Ijaz Wazir, a religious and political leader for the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party in South Waziristan.
Hamid Sufi, a leader in the Jamaat-e-Islami political party, was killed in Inayat, Bajaur. ISIS took credit for the attack the same day. The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for an attack on a Quetta train station that killed at...
A gas station was set on fire in Kabul, resulting in several deaths and injuries. While ISIS has not claimed this attack, posts allege that ISIS may be responsible.
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