Badakhshan
Coverage of Badakhshan in the Nexus archive.
- 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.
- Gunmen kill high-ranking Taliban official in Afghanistan in rare targeted attack
Gunmen killed Zabihullah Amiri, a high-ranking Taliban official in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, in a rare targeted attack. Security forces killed one attacker and captured the other, with investigations ongoing. Similar incidents have been rare since the Taliban took power in 2021, though past attacks include a 2024 suicide bombing of a refugee minister and a 2023 car bomb that killed a deputy governor.