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Author: Saifullah Khalid

Saifullah Khalid

Journalist, editor, columnist, and security analyst with 34 years of experience, specializing in in-depth reporting on Regional conflicts, afghan issue , defense, strategic affairs, sectarian dynamics, and counter terrorism.
Taliban criminalizes criticism of officials, imposing fines and imprisonment for citizens and media in Afghanistan.
Resistance grows in northern Afghanistan as communities fight back against illegal gold mining seizures by outsiders.
A deadly terrorist attack on Tajikistan from Afghan soil leaves 3 militants and 2 Tajik guards dead. Read about the clash in Shuroobod and the recovery of US-made weapons.
Multiple Baloch militant groups including Jaish al-Adl dissolve to form a new alliance, JMM or “People’s Front,” with bases linked to Afghanistan.
ETLF, linked to Al-Qaeda, claims Tajikistan attack as Uyghur militants consolidate in northern Afghanistan.
Assassination of Turkmen elder in Mazar-e-Sharif heightens concerns over ethnic persecution and rising insecurity under Taliban rule.
Taliban is hosting Al-Qaeda-linked Uyghur groups (ETLF/TIP) in northern Afghanistan, linked to Tajik attacks.
Deadly blasts hit Taliban base in Panjshir; Turkmen elder killed in Mazar-e-Sharif as targeted attacks rise across Afghanistan.
A senior Taliban official, Abdul Jamil, was shot dead in Kandahar’s Maiwand district, signaling intensifying anti-Taliban resistance across Afghanistan.
The Taliban created a 1000-member Pashtun-exclusive Rapid Force in Afghanistan’s north to suppress growing local non-Pashtun rebellion.