Latest Updates on Afghanistan, 26 May 2021

1- Baghlan:
– The Afghan army launched an operation to liberate the city of Baghlan from Taliban control.
– During a special forces operation on the outskirts of Baghlan city, 69 prisoners, including 36 soldiers and 26 civilians were released from Taliban prisons. Also, 4 Taliban members were killed during the operation. (image)

2- Helmand:
A Pakistani officer was wounded during an Army airstrike on a Taliban hideout in Khanshin area and was killed after being taken to Quetta Hospital.

3- Badakhshan:
At least 500 families have been displaced by Taliban militants in the district of Yaftal.

4- Jowzjan:
– Afghan Army airstrikes on Taliban positions in Kalabaf area in Aqcha district.
– “Agha Mohammad”, the commander of the security forces in Aqcha district, was assassinated by one of his bodyguards.

5- Badghis:
Five people were killed in a Taliban attack on security forces in Qala-e-Naw.

6- The Taliban in a statement demanded that the United States not be allowed to build a military base on the territory of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries. The United States is said to be building a military base in Pakistan near the Afghan border.

7- During the last 24 hours of clashes between the army and the Taliban in the provinces of Nuristan, Laghman, Logar, Maidan Wardak, Zabul, Uruzgan, Herat, Balkh, Jawzjan, Helmand, Badakhshan and Takhar, 186 Taliban members were killed and 94 people were injured, according to the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense.