Information Ministry
Coverage of Information Ministry 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.
- Info ministry refutes Afghan Taliban's claim of strikes in border areas
Pakistan's information ministry refuted the Afghan Taliban's claims of targeting ISKP camps in border areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, calling the assertions false. The ministry stated that terrorist camps, including those of Daesh, are operated from Afghan Taliban-controlled territories and shared evidence of a neutralized Taliban drone in Pakistani airspace. Pakistan has previously conducted strikes against border terrorist hideouts and urged the Taliban to dismantle sanctuaries on Afghan soil.