Armed Resistance Against Taliban Regime Intensifies as Anti-Taliban Groups Claim Attacks Across Afghanistan

Security conditions in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime are reportedly deteriorating, with convoys of senior officials and security checkposts repeatedly coming under attack.

Anti-Taliban resistance groups, the National Independence Front and the Afghanistan United Front, have claimed responsibility for a series of recent attacks in different parts of the country.

According to the National Independence Front:

• A rocket attack was carried out on the convoy of Abdul Mateen Saeed, Deputy Minister of the Taliban Ministry of Mines, in Badakhshan province.
• Six security guards accompanying the Taliban deputy minister were killed and five others injured in the rocket attack, the National Independence Front claimed.

According to the Afghanistan United Front:

• An armed attack was carried out on a Taliban checkpoint in Arghandab district of Kandahar province, during which one Taliban member was killed and a large quantity of weapons was seized.
• In Al-Badr district of Sar-e Pol province, a Taliban checkpoint was attacked. Following an intense clash, the group claimed to have taken control of the post, killing one Taliban member and injuring three others.

The reported incidents and casualty figures are claims made by the respective resistance groups.