[AfghanDigest] LAST 24 HOURS- Door-to-door searches continued in Kabul, specifically focused on the area around the Shahid and Salim Karvan intersection.
- A new round of violence over Taliban-sanctioned land redistribution initiatives has emerged in northern Faryab province as southern nomads attempt to claim Uzbek lands in northern Afghanistan. Videos have been circulating on social media showing the bloodied bodies of locals who resisted.
- Leaked documents indicating cooperation between the Indian and Taliban governments on training Afghan diplomats have been circulating social media, leading to speculation that relations are warming despite a lack of official recognition of the Taliban government. In response to media attention, the Indian government reiterated that it does not recognize the Taliban government but will not discriminate against Afghans who wish to join the training course. Although the invitation was solely to attend a short-term online training program from Kabul, the program is sponsored by India’s foreign ministry and Taliban officials were intentionally included in the invitation list.
- Following social media outcries in September 2022 over the forced marriage of Elaha Dilawarzai, the Taliban Supreme Court officially found Elaha’s “husband”, Taliban official Saeed Khosti, innocent of rape and forced marriage.
- There have been multiple reports of several children being poisoned in Kabul and Rawalpindi in the last few days. Reportedly, children have ingested poisoned food that they have been given to share with their parents. Although the details of these reports remain unclear, parents should warn children about ingesting food received from strangers until more details emerge.
- The Afghan consulate in Dubai is now run by a Taliban official after Taliban acting Foreign Minister Muttaqi replaced the Consul General who had been appointed under President Ghani and replaced him with Rahman Feda, one of his reported proteges. This transition would not have proceeded without the UAE’s consent, especially given reports that the republic-era consul general had good rapport with the UAE government.
CONFLICT TRACKER
Nangarhar: AfghanistanLiberation Movement’s (ALM) independent operational unit A-022 claims to have killed Taliban intelligence officer Mohammad Farooq Hammad (aka Leh Yubel and Salwal) in Nangarhar.
Panjshir: Resistance forces targeted Taliban camp in the Arzoo Valley of Panjshir, reportedly killing 5 and driving the remaining 10 Taliban into the mountains.
NEXT 24 HOURS: No impending threats have been received.
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