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2023-03-10 Afghanistan
Daily Evacuation Brief March 10, 2023
[AfghanDigest] LAST 24 HOURS
  • BALKH GOVERNOR KILLED IN SUICIDE BOMBING – Initial reports indicate that the Provincial Governor, Mohammad Dawood Muzammil was killed when a suicide bomber gained access to his second-floor office and detonated an explosive vest. Another unidentified man was killed and 7 others are said to have been wounded in the brazen attack. Taliban Police and the spokesman were puzzled about how the bomber could have gotten to the Governor’s office without being stopped. Several hours after the attack, ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack on their official website. However, secondary reports say that it was not a suicide bomber but rather, someone from a Resistance group had successfully smuggled an explosive device into the building and placed it near a meeting room. It is not clear what actually transpired. The Governor’s death is believed to be the highest-ranking Taliban leader killed since the Taliban came to power. He was also said to be a personal favorite of the Supreme Leader. Taliban officials announced an investigation had begun. The attack comes after a Taliban security operation in Mazar-i-Sharif resulted in the deaths of 8 unidentified men.

  • MORE HAZARAS FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES IN SAR-E-PUL – A Hazara community in the Al Badr District was reputedly forced to leave their homes on Monday and Tuesday. The District is one of those newly created in the past two months. The evictions were said to have been orchestrated after a claim against the land the Hazaras were living on had been made by a Pashtun man. In addition to the forced evictions, a Taliban court has ordered the former landowners to pay a 36 million afghani fine to the man.

  • CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF ACTIVISTS WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR PROTESTING ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – While it is not clear how many women activists have been arrested, a prominent gender rights campaigner in Ghor, Habiba Sharifi, and her father were arrested at their home after protesting outside of the Provincial Governor’s office on Wednesday.

  • UN LAUNCHES NEW $4.6 BILLION DOLLAR APPEAL FOR AFGHANISTAN – Notwithstanding the recent threat by the head of UNAMA to cut funding to the country, the United Nations issued a call for donor states to pledge more money in anticipation of severe financial and food security issues on the horizon.

CONFLICT TRACKER
Balkh: An unidentified suicide bomber gained entry to the provincial governor’s office and killed the governor and one other other provincial official while 7 others were reportedly wounded. Late in the day ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack, but so had a Resistance faction.

NEXT 24 HOURS
  • BALKH PROVINCE SECURITY SWEEPS EXPECTED – In response to the bomb attack at the Provincial Government office, Taliban security forces are planning a major security operation in Mazar-i-Sharif that is expected to take three days. A source said that no information had been received about potential terror or Resistance safe houses, but that Police leaders had developed a search plan to cover the entirety of the city. At-risk Afghans living in Mazar-i-Sharif should expect home/apartment searches over the coming days and security around all Taliban facilities will be increased.

  • POSSIBLE PTI RESPONSE TO NEW CHARGES AGAINST KHAN IN PAKISTAN – While the former Prime Minister did not appear in court again on Thursday, the government levied additional charges against him under the anti-terrorism act. Some social media sites affiliated with the PM’s party have called for renewed protests. While the recent protests took place in Lahore, party acolytes are now asking for protests in Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta, and Karachi. If protests occur, they are expected to turn violent and the police seem to be in no mood for sparing the rod. There are rumors that some among the PTI faithful have called for the burning of all police stations in Lahore as a sign of protest and to honor the only fatality from the clashes, Ali Bilal. At-risk Afghans sheltering in Pakistan should take care to avoid any protests or large police congregations while the threat of clashes remains. In addition, at-risk Afghans in Peshawar should remain cognizant of the recent directive by the counter-terrorism department about an imminent large-scale attack by the TTP directed specifically against the police.
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