RASC News Agency: The United Nations, in a newly released report on the current state of Afghanistan under Taliban control, has documented 2,127 security incidents in the country from May 14 to July 31 of this year. The report, published on Tuesday, September 17, highlights a 53 percent increase in security-related incidents compared to the same period last year. The report reveals a rise in armed clashes, which increased from 37 cases last year to 80 this year. Additionally, bomb explosions caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have grown from seven to 13 incidents. Despite the fact that anti-Taliban military fronts, such as the Resistance Front and the Freedom Front, have not captured any territories, they managed to target Taliban fighters 73 times during this period.
The report specifies that the Freedom Front executed 21 attacks, while the National Resistance Front carried out 52 operations against the Taliban. “In total, 58 attacks were carried out in the central region, with 46 in Kabul, 15 in the west, 11 in the northeast, four in the east, two in the north, and two in the southern areas,” the UN report elaborated. Moreover, the perpetrators of 19 additional attacks remain unidentified. The report did not provide specifics on the casualties resulting from these incidents. Notably, ISIS claimed responsibility for four attacks, including one targeting foreign tourists in Bamyan and two assaults on Taliban convoys in Kunduz and Kabul, inflicting casualties among Taliban forces.
The report also notes a surge in land disputes in the southern and eastern regions of Afghanistan, with 19 incidents reported in the south and seven in the southeast. During the reporting period, at least four commanders and fighters of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed by “unknown elements” in Kunar, Paktika, Khost, and Kabul. Furthermore, the UN reports that, in under three months, clashes between Taliban and Pakistani forces occurred 13 times along the Durand Line.
These findings stand in stark contrast to repeated claims by Taliban officials, who, in their meetings with foreign representatives, have asserted that Afghanistan’s security has been fully restored since their takeover.
