What factors lay behind recent violence in Nimruz?

The southwestern province of Nimruz which shares border with the volatile provinces of Helmand and Farah and also with Afghanistan’s neighboring countries, Iran and Pakistan, has recently witnessed an unprecedented hike in violence. As per account of the local residents and authorities, construction of Kamal Khan dam, poor leadership of security institutions, Taliban’s defeat in Helmand, and some other specific factors are behind recent waves of violence across the province.

The violence which erupted since last week is one of the deadliest battles during the last two decades. A total of 41 Afghan security forces were killed, two others wounded, and three were abducted by the Taliban from October 20 to October 23 in clashes with the Taliban in the southwestern province.