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).
Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani, the Taliban minister of refugees, was killed in an attack in Kabul. Three Taliban soldiers were allegedly killed in an attack in Faryab province. ISIS did not claim the attack. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) may seek to emulate...
A Taliban security official who investigated “economic crimes” was murdered by unidentified individuals in Laghman province. The Taliban are hiding the number of their soldiers and officials killed in combat and have asked families to conceal the...
The Taliban wants good relations with Iran and India. Seven Taliban soldiers were arrested in Takhar and accused of secretly cooperating with ISIS-K. Unidentified explosions in Herat, Kabul, and Maymana.
A Taliban commander, Naik Mohammad Turabi, was killed in Paktika (September 30). The Taliban wants friendly relations with Iran and Russia.
Afghanistan: A Taliban officer from the Ministry of the Interior was killed in Mazar-i-Sharif by unidentified gunmen. Pakistan: Fighting between unidentified militants and Pakistani security forces in Mir Ali Tehsil, North Waziristan.
Human Rights Watch has noted that over 700 Shiite Hazaras have been killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover. The Taliban is afraid that ISIS has infiltrated their ranks and that Taliban members will defect. There was an attack using...
September 12 ISIS-K massacre, between Daikandi and Ghor provinces in central Afghanistan, of Hazara Shiites who were returning from a pilgrimage to Karbala. Attacks on Pakistani police officers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who have been protesting the lack...
September 2 attack on the Taliban public prosecutor's office. The head of the Taliban's prison system announced that they were holding 11,000 detainees, including 1,000 women and 800 children. The Taliban falsely claimed to have killed an ISIS-K...
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