Key Takeaways: In May, an explosion at a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan was followed by an intense firefight in which 21 people were killed. It was just one in a series of violent incidents in which militants operating out of Afghanistan, with support from Al-Qaeda, have launched attacks on targets in neighboring Pakistan. A quarter-century ago, the United States […]

Since the Taliban reclaimed power five years ago, Russia has been the only country to formally recognise it as Afghanistan’s legitimate government. When Moscow made that decision in July 2025, Russia appeared to be taking a calculated gamble on post-US Afghanistan. The move formalised a relationship that had already expanded steadily in the preceding years, opening greater space for diplomatic, […]

Pakistan’s UN representative has expressed deep concern over what he called growing terrorist activity from Afghan territory, saying more than 4,700 Pakistanis have been killed in such attacks over the past three years. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan’s representative to the United Nations, told a Security Council meeting on Friday, 11 September, marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has repeatedly said it will not allow any group to use Afghan territory to carry out attacks against neighbouring countries. Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov says strengthening security along Tajikistan’s border with Afghanistan is among Moscow’s security and defence priorities. Speaking in Moscow on Tuesday, September 8, at an event marking the 35th anniversary of […]

A day after Taliban forces raided the Khatam al-Nabieen complex in Kabul and detained dozens of its instructors and students, Mohammad Jawad Mohseni, head of the complex, told Amu TV that the action was “politically and religiously” motivated. Mohseni, who heads institutions affiliated with the Khatam al-Nabieen complex, said Taliban forces detained 28 instructors and students and that 24 remained […]

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 […]