ISWNews Analysis Group: Qari Waqas, commander of the Taliban Red Unit in Tagab district, Badakhshan province, joined Ahmad Massoud’s forces, along with 300 forces under his command.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Taliban officials have threatened to crack down on Mullah “Mehdi Mojahed”, a Hazara commander who defected from the group.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Pakistani government and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), mediated by the Afghan Taliban, began negotiations for an indefinite ceasefire and an end to the war.
ISWNews Analysis Group: On May 12, Iranian and Taliban law enforcement officials held a meeting to strengthen co-operation and co-ordination to establish security along the common border.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Following verbal tensions between Taliban militants and Tajik border guards, the two sides engaged in armed” clashes for hours.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Two new groups, the High Council of Resistance and the Hazara Military Front, have emerged in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Two groups, the ‘Afghan Freedom Front’ and the ‘Turkestan Freedom Tigers’, have emerged against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Pakistani Taliban (TTP) took responsibility of attack on Pakistan border patrol which resulted in death of five Pakistani soldiers.
ISWNews Analysis Group: An explosion at the Taliban governor’s house in Takhar has killed and wounded several Taliban members.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Taliban Ministry of Defense arrested Makhdoom Alam and Qari Wakil, the senior Uzbek commanders of the Taliban in northern Afghanistan.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Taliban officials met with opposition leaders, Ahmad Massoud and Ismail Khan in Tehran.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Due to attacks of forces loyal to Ahmad Massoud on Taliban station in Baghlan, eight Taliban militants wounded and killed.
