Reports

Warning Graphic: Retaliatory attacks, fire, and fatalities in Da Pa Yin Kwe village, Sagaing

Clashes lead to civilian casualties in Buthidaung township

CNF base on the India-Myanmar border targeted, allegedly impacting Indian sovereign territory.

Attacks in Sar Htone and Htan Zin village tracts in early December

In an image and video shared on social media, AW investigators visually confirmed at least 16 victims of the attack.

The alleged suicide bomber, Abdul-Jabbar, was identified by AW investigators as one of the two attackers of the Kabul Longan Hotel last month, who was seen escaping by climbing down the hotel's balconies during the hotel attack.

Pro-Taliban social media activists accused female NGO workers of espionage and spreading immorality.

The death of the commander was confirmed by both Pro-Taliban social media users and the Andarab Resistance Front, who shared a statement on their Facebook page. Unconfirmed social media reports claim dozens of Andarab Resistance Front fighters were also killed after running out of ammunition.

Recent pledges to the new Islamic State Caliph featured multiple groups in Badakhshan, suggesting it may be an increased area of operations for ISKP.

In this in-depth report, Afghan Witness analyses the available information surrounding the ISKP attack on the Kabul Longan Hotel on December 12, 2022. Investigators matched the alleged suicide bomber of another ISKP attack on the Kabul Military Airport on January 1, 2023, to an individual filmed escaping in the aftermath of the hotel attack.

Afghan Witness spoke to a university student, and a professor who resigned after the Taliban’s announcement.

The Taliban reacted by sending military vehicles to various larger cities to deter protests and, in some cases, used water cannons, gunfire into air and physical violence against protesters.