Capital Region: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2024

On January 1, a former distinguished teacher at the Muslim English Language Institute, identified as Abdul Rashid Darwish, was killed under enigmatic circumstances in the Qargha area of the fifth Police District (PD) in Kabul (Kabul Province), reports Hasht-e Subh Daily. As of now, local Taliban officials have not issued any statements in response to this incident. Read less...

Two persons were killed and 14 others sustained injuries in an explosion at Qala-e Nazir Station in the Dasht-e Barchi area within the sixth security district of Kabul on January 6, reports Hasht-e Subh. Khalid Zadran, the spokesperson for the Taliban’s security command in the city, has confirmed that two individuals lost their lives and 14 others sustained injuries when the explosion occurred targeting a civilian vehicle. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan branch (ISIS-K) claimed responsibility for that particular act of violence. The death toll has climbed to five, with five civilians killed and 15 others injured in a blast that occurred in a minibus at Qala-e Nazir Station in the Dasht-e Barchi area in the sixth Police District (PD) of Kabul on January 6, reports Tolo News. One of the deceased persons was identified as Hossein. Earlier, SATP had reported that two people were killed and 14 others sustained injuries. Read less...

On January 9, at least three civilians were killed and four others were injured in an explosion in the Alwkhil area in 16th Police District (PD) in Kabul, reports Hasht-e Subh Daily. The Taliban's security command spokesperson, Khalid Zadran, mentioned that the explosive device was planted in the back side of a vehicle (Mercedes), and no individual or group has claimed responsibility for the incident. The Islamic State - Khorasan Province (IS-KP) claimed responsibility for the second attack that occurred on January 9 in the Alwkhil area in the 16th Police District (PD) in Kabul, reports Hindustan Times on January 10. Earlier, SATP reported that at least three civilians were killed, and four others were injured in this attack. Read less...

On January 10, Taliban detained the deputy of student affairs at the Roshan Afghanistan Online University (RAOU), identified as Jawid Noorzad Kakar, in Kabul, reports Hasht-e Subh Daily. Sources indicate that Kakar was detained by the Taliban due to his affiliation with RAOU. Read less...

On January 11, two civilians were killed and 12 others injured in a grenade explosion outside a commercial center in Dasht-e-Barchi, a predominantly Shi'ite neighbourhood in Kabul, reports abc News. Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police chief, said that it was the third deadly blast to hit Kabul in less than a week, and security forces would do their best to bring the assailants to justice. Read less...

On January 17, a former military official from the previous government, identified as Ali-Gol Hassani, was killed by Taliban officials upon his return from Iran, in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul Province, reports Hasht-e Subh Daily. Read less...

On January 21, the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) said that Taliban intelligence has detained Ehsan Akbari, a journalist from Japan’s Kyodo News, in Kabul on January 17, reports The Khaama Press News. Read less...

Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) claimed on the social media platform 'X' (formerly Twitter) that they had attacked a military-type Ford Everest vehicle carrying Taliban fighters, resulting in at least four deaths and two injuries in Kabul on January 18. Read less...

Taliban detained a former military official from the previous government, identified as Obaidullah in Kabul District of Kabul Province, reports Hasht-e Subh Daily on January 23. Read less...

On January 25, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) on the social media platform 'X' (formerly Twitter) stated that two Taliban fighters were killed, and three others were injured during their attack on a Taliban outpost in Golaye Park Lise-e-Maryam-Khair Khana area in Kabul city of Kabul Province. Read less...

On January 29, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) said on the social media platform 'X' (formerly Twitter) that four Taliban fighters were killed, and two others were injured while carrying out a high-profile attack on the Taliban’s fourth Provincial District headquarters in 4th Police District (PD) in Kabul District of Kabul Province. Read less...

On January 29, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) said on the social media platform 'X' (formerly Twitter) that two Taliban fighters were killed, and four others were injured when they targeted a Taliban checkpoint at the Khurasan roundabout in the Khairkhana area of Kabul District of Kabul Province. AFF further claimed that Taliban fighters used to stop vulnerable women and young people, harass them, abduct them, and take them to the Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) headquarters. Read less...

On January 31, the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) on the social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) condemned the joint meeting including the Special Envoys of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the People’s Republic of China, and the Russian Federation meeting that took place in Kabul to strengthen the regional aspects of potential breakthroughs in bringing peace and normalcy in Afghanistan on January 29. NRF said that Kabul is currently not an ideal venue for regional meetings on Afghanistan. Any meeting, taking place in the shadow of the illegitimate Taliban in occupied Kabul, has no legitimate weight in the eyes of our people. Read less...