Category: Afghanistan

How NRF commander Hasib Panjshiri was killed

Informed sources have provided Amu with new details about how Hasib Panjshiri, a National Resistance Front commander, was killed. According to the sources, Panjshiri was traveling with seven other NRF members in two Toyota Hilux vehicles from Panjshir toward Andarab in Baghlan province. Four people were traveling in each vehicle, and the group was heading to Andarab for a planned […]

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The Quiet Betrayal of the World: Five Years of Taliban Rule and the Price of Pragmatism

On the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan has become a “graveyard of human rights.” The guns have largely fallen silent, but a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding—and the Western community, driven by geopolitical expediency, is complicit. Five years ago, on August 15, 2021, the world watched in horror as Taliban fighters entered Kabul unopposed. Those images are […]

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From Insurgency To Infrastructure: The Political Economy Of The Taliban’s Governance Strategy And The Quest For Economic Self-Reliance (2021–2025) – Analysis

Key TakeawaysDespite international non-recognition, frozen assets and aid suspension, the Taliban administration has made infrastructure the central pillar of its governance strategy, achieving measurable progress on projects such as the Qosh Tepa Canal (80% of Phase 2 complete), TAPI pipeline segments, CASA-1000, road maintenance and regional connectivity while generating performance legitimacy through visible deliverables.Financing relies on a domestic “autarky” model […]

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Onslaught of Terrorism Tests Pakistan’s Capacity in Western Provinces

Pakistan has been experiencing one of its deadliest years since 2013 for terrorism-related deaths, with the month of July alone accounting for over 600 deaths. The attacks primarily stem from the Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) and the ethnonationalist militant group, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), both organizations with differing goals but overlapping areas of operation. The Pakistani military has blamed the increase […]

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Five Years of Taliban Rule: Edmund Fitton-Brown on Terror Threats in Afghanistan

Speaking to Amu TV, former UN terrorism sanctions official Edmund Fitton-Brown says the Afghan Taliban have supported cooperation between al-Qaeda and TTP, helping create a cross-border threat to Pakistan. former UN terrorism sanctions official Edmund Fitton-Brown said the Taliban should not be viewed as reliable counterterrorism partners for the West, arguing they target ISKP primarily because it threatens their rule […]

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Taliban official killed in Badakhshan as security tensions escalate

The Taliban’s director of information and culture in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province was killed in a shooting on Tuesday, Taliban officials and a source told Amu TV, in the latest sign of deteriorating security in a province that has seen weeks of unrest. A source familiar with the incident said Zabihullah Amiri was traveling on the road between Faizabad, the […]

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Taliban and Freedom Front clashes in Badakhshan continue for third day

Fighting between Taliban and the Freedom Front continued for a third consecutive day on Sunday in parts of the northeastern province of Badakhshan, local sources said, as both sides issued conflicting accounts of the battlefield and claimed to have inflicted heavy losses on each other. Residents told Amu TV that intermittent clashes continued overnight in the districts of Zebak, Yaftal […]

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Taliban say Uzbekistan seeks faster implementation of joint projects

Taliban said on Sunday that Uzbekistan is seeking to accelerate the implementation of joint economic projects, following meetings in Kabul between senior Taliban officials and an Uzbek delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khojayev. According to a Taliban statement, Khojayev said Tashkent wants to speed up projects already agreed upon with Taliban and begin implementing commitments made in the […]

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Taliban, Freedom Front clash in Badakhshan as fighting enters second week

Fighting between Taliban and the Freedom Front continued in parts of Badakhshan on Monday, according to local residents and sources within the Taliban, as clashes entered a second week. Residents and Taliban sources in the province told Amu TV that fighting continued for several hours overnight in different parts of Zebak district, which has emerged as the center of the […]

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SAS drove prisoners off forklifts ‘for fun’, Afghanistan inquiry told

Special forces thwarted the ‘normal rules’ and were disconnected from rest of British army, witnesses said Damning evidence of the culture of Britain’s special forces, from their training camps in Herefordshire to the battlefields of Afghanistan, was released on Tuesday. It was disclosed by the judge-led inquiry set up in the wake of detailed reports of unarmed civilians executed in […]

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