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).
Hazaras have fled Afghanistan because of acts of terrorism targeting their community. A leader of the Pakistani political party Assembly of Islamic Clerics was killed in Waziristan. ISIS claimed the attack.
Taliban officials met with the president of the United Arab Emirates to discuss counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan. A Taliban member was killed in Bajaur, a Taliban intelligence official was killed in Ghor Province, and attacks in Pakistan...
The Iranian government condemned the May 17 Bamiyan attack as an act of terrorism. The Taliban offered their condolences to Iran following the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others in a helicopter crash on May 19. Afghan Foreign Minister...
Posts noted the May 17 attack on a market in Bamiyan, where several Afghans and foreign tourists were killed or injured. Please note that ISIS claimed this attack via the group’s Amaq news outlet on Saturday, May 18.
A Taliban military patrol was attacked in Faizabad, Badakhshan, resulting in the killing or wounding of 12 people. Unknown individuals in Kabul have committed attacks. The Taliban and the government of Pakistan have each accused the other of not...
An ISIS attack on a Shiite mosque in Herat killed seven people, including the mosque's imam. The attack showed the Taliban’s inability to protect Hazaras. o Iran condemned the attack. • Iran is beginning work to seal their border with Afghanistan.
The Taliban have sent three intelligence officers to their embassy in New Delhi to coordinate with the Indian government.
The Taliban supported Iranian airstrikes against Israel. Mohammad Omar Jan Akhundzada, a religious leader connected to the Taliban and Hibatullah Akhundzada's advisor, was shot and killed in Quetta, Pakistan, by unidentified assailants.
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