Afghanistan Content Report

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) regularly compiles the propaganda output of al-Qaeda and ISIS affiliates operating in Afghanistan to help inform the public understanding of the evolving terrorist dynamics in Afghanistan. CEP's Afghanistan Content Report series ensures this raw material is available to the wider expert and terrorism analyst community, including through a rough translation of the original texts into English, which can build long-term analysis of the development of the propaganda strategies of these groups and therefore support a thorough analysis of the terrorism threat.

Afghanistan Content Report: May 18 – May 24, 2024

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 Amir Khan Muttaqi noted that Iran is a significant regional power. There were unclaimed explosions in Kabul and Taleqan.
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Afghanistan Content Report: May 11 – May 17, 2024

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.
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Afghanistan Content Report: May 4 – May 10, 2024

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 cracking down on terrorist groups operating from their respective territories.
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Afghanistan Content Report: April 27 – May 3, 2024

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.
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Afghanistan Content Report: April 20 – April 26, 2024

The Taliban have sent three intelligence officers to their embassy in New Delhi to coordinate with the Indian government.
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Afghanistan Content Report: April 13 – April 19, 2024

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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Afghanistan Content Report: April 6 – April 12, 2024

ISIS Al-Naba Newsletter Edition 438, Published April 11, 2024 Pro-ISIS Online Chatter ISIS Amaq Statements Pro-ISIS Al-Azaim Web Magazine “Voice of Khorasan” Issue 34, Released on April 8, 2024 Pro-ISIS Al-Jahaur Media Center Web Magazine “Serat ul Haq” Issue 3, Released on April 10, 2024
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Afghanistan Content Report: March 30 – April 5, 2024

Pro-ISIS accounts posted the Pashto translation of the March 28 audio message from ISIS spokesperson Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari. The U.S., allegedly with the cooperation of the Taliban, is operating drones in several Afghan provinces due to ISIS-K activity. The Taliban shot two people during a land dispute in Farah province. Iran is seeking to turn Afghanistan into a reliable regional ally. Russia is considering removing the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations. The Taliban would rather follow international law than religious law. Muhammad Nabi Omari, the Taliban’s first deputy minister for interior affairs, called on the Pakistani Taliban to negotiate with the Pakistani government.
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Afghanistan Content Report: March 23 – March 29

• The Taliban were the first to offer their condolences to the Russian government after the March 22 Moscow attack. The Taliban want to prove to the world that they are “humane and kind” to obtain benefits. The Taliban protect religious minority groups in Afghanistan. The Taliban will not institute religious law.
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Afghanistan Content Report: March 16 – March 22

Russia and the Taliban cooperate to fight against ISIS. The two governments are on good terms with each other. ISIS-K attack on Taliban members collecting their salaries at a bank in Kandahar on March 21. The attack is described as killing at least two high-ranking military commanders. Unidentified individuals attacked a Pakistani military post in Waziristan on March 16.
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Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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