CEP reports on the security situation in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s takeover of the country in August 2021, focusing on the risks emanating from the country and implications for global terrorism. CEP also monitors online content from affiliates of al-Qaeda and ISIS, particularly Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP).
ISIS took credit for attacking a Sufi shrine in Baghlan province, killing ten people, including Taliban members. ISIS killed Ijaz Wazir, a religious and political leader for the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party in South Waziristan.
Hamid Sufi, a leader in the Jamaat-e-Islami political party, was killed in Inayat, Bajaur. ISIS took credit for the attack the same day. The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for an attack on a Quetta train station that killed at...
A gas station was set on fire in Kabul, resulting in several deaths and injuries. While ISIS has not claimed this attack, posts allege that ISIS may be responsible.
A Taliban security official who investigated “economic crimes” was murdered by unidentified individuals in Laghman province. The Taliban are hiding the number of their soldiers and officials killed in combat and have asked families to conceal the...
The Taliban wants good relations with Iran and India. Seven Taliban soldiers were arrested in Takhar and accused of secretly cooperating with ISIS-K. Unidentified explosions in Herat, Kabul, and Maymana.
A Taliban commander, Naik Mohammad Turabi, was killed in Paktika (September 30). The Taliban wants friendly relations with Iran and Russia.
Afghanistan: A Taliban officer from the Ministry of the Interior was killed in Mazar-i-Sharif by unidentified gunmen. Pakistan: Fighting between unidentified militants and Pakistani security forces in Mir Ali Tehsil, North Waziristan.
Human Rights Watch has noted that over 700 Shiite Hazaras have been killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover. The Taliban is afraid that ISIS has infiltrated their ranks and that Taliban members will defect. There was an attack using...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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