Gunmen kill high-ranking Taliban official in Afghanistan in rare targeted attack

Gunmen killed Zabihullah Amiri, a high-ranking local Taliban official in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, in a targeted attack. Two attackers were involved, one killed and one captured by security forces. The article notes prior rare attacks on Taliban officials, including a 2024 suicide bombing in Kabul and a 2023 car bomb in Faizabad claimed by the Islamic State in Khorasan Province.