An Amu review of reports by Iranian human rights organizations found that at least 20 Afghan citizens have been executed in Iranian prisons since the beginning of 2026, amid concerns over access to lawyers, fair trials and a lack of transparency surrounding executions. The figures show that the executions were carried out between Jan. 1 and Aug. 28. At least […]

Local sources in Badakhshan told Amu that a civilian was killed in an armed clash between two Taliban officials that they said began over a dispute about fishing. The clash occurred Saturday afternoon in the Duabi area of Baharak district between Mullah Hafiz, the Taliban governor of Farah province, and Ibrahim, the Taliban police chief for Baharak district, according to […]

Key Takeaways:On the Taliban’s fifth anniversary in power, the author says fighting has intensified in Badakhshan: NRF (Ahmad Massoud), AFF (Gen. Yasin Zia), smaller local groups, and a brief revolt by former commander Juma Khan Fateh.The province matters because it is Tajik-majority, mineral-rich, and borders Tajikistan, Pakistan, and China via the Wakhan; attacks near Zebak, Kuran wa Munjan, and Faizabad […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]