The Kabul Tribune (KT) — The Afghanistan Freedom Front claimed that its fighters killed four Taliban members and wounded five others in an attack on the Taliban governor’s office and a security post in Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province.
The group said the attack took place at about 11:40 p.m.
Wednesday, when its fighters launched rockets at the Taliban governor’s office
and a security post in the city.
The rocket attack was followed by an armed confrontation
between Freedom Front fighters and Taliban forces that lasted about 30 minutes,
according to a statement from the group. It said its fighters used rocket
launchers and other weapons during the fighting.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front claimed that four Taliban
members were killed and five others were wounded in the attack.
The claims could not be independently verified, and there
was no immediate confirmation from Taliban authorities of the reported
casualties.
The attack comes amid increased activity by anti-Taliban
armed groups in Badakhshan in recent months. The Afghanistan Freedom Front has
repeatedly claimed attacks against Taliban positions in the province.
In July, the group claimed that at least 21 Taliban
fighters, including several commanders, were killed and 37 others wounded in
clashes in Zebak district of Badakhshan. The Taliban at the time said five
attackers were killed. The competing casualty claims could not be independently
verified.
Badakhshan has also seen a series of attacks targeting
Taliban officials. The mayor of Faizabad was killed in a vehicle explosion in
August, according to Taliban officials. Two weeks earlier, the Taliban’s
director of information and culture in the province was shot and killed. No
group initially claimed responsibility for those attacks.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front is one of several armed groups
opposed to Taliban rule. Its claims of attacks and casualties are often
difficult to independently verify.
