RASC News Agency: The Taliban’s Ministry of Interior has announced the establishment of mobile motorcycle patrol units in Jowzjan Province as part of their latest security initiative. In an official statement released on Wednesday, February 26, the ministry stated that these patrols were introduced in anticipation of Ramadan and the arrival of spring. According to the Taliban, these units will operate around the clock across both the provincial capital and surrounding districts, with the goal of enhancing security and crime prevention.
This is not the first time the Taliban have deployed such patrols. Abdul Mateen Qani, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, previously confirmed that a 40-member motorcycle-mounted police unit had been stationed in Kunduz Province to ensure faster responses to security incidents. Across multiple provinces, Taliban security forces have increasingly relied on motorcycles instead of American-made Ranger and Humvee vehicles left behind by the previous Afghanistan government. Similar motorized patrol units have been introduced in Badakhshan Province as well.
For over two decades, motorcycles were a key tactical asset for the Taliban during their insurgency against the former Afghanistan government and its Western allies. The group frequently used motorcycles for hit-and-run guerrilla attacks and even employed explosive-laden bikes in assaults against both military and civilian targets. Now, these very tactics have been institutionalized as part of the Taliban’s formal security apparatus. However, despite the Taliban’s claims of improving security, daily reports of armed robberies, targeted killings, and violent crimes continue to emerge from across Afghanistan. Many observers argue that the Taliban’s security forces have struggled to establish control or provide citizens with a genuine sense of safety.
