KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The National Resistance Front (NRF) said on Monday its fighters killed one Taliban member and wounded two others in an attack on a security outpost in northeastern Badakhshan province, as armed resistance groups step up operations in the area.
In a post on X, the anti-Taliban group said the offensive operation took place in Badakhshan’s Karan wa Marjan district on Sunday night.
The NRF said its fighters remain determined to continue their campaign to “liberate the people and the country from the illegitimate rule of the Taliban.”
The Taliban has not commented on the reported attack or the claimed casualties.
The report comes as other anti-Taliban groups have also increased their focus on Badakhshan in recent weeks, targeting Taliban positions, posts, checkpoints, and convoys.
Last week, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) claimed that its fighters killed at least 21 Taliban members and wounded 37 others during clashes in Zebak district of Badakhshan. The group said the fighting marked a “new phase” in its campaign against the Taliban.
Earlier, a newly formed anti-Taliban group known as Sepahian-e Mihan, or Soldiers of the Homeland, briefly seized control of Yaftal-e Payeen district. The incident marked the first reported temporary loss of a district by the Taliban since it returned to power in 2021.
Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, multiple opposition armed groups were formed, with many still actively fighting in various provinces. The NRF and AFF, largely composed of former members of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, have been particularly active in Kabul city, Panjshir province, and the northern regions of the country.
They have carried out guerrilla-style operations against the Taliban and claimed responsibility for dozens of attacks in recent years, saying they have killed and wounded hundreds of Taliban members across the country.
While the Taliban generally downplays the activities of such opposition groups and rarely provides detailed comments on individual attacks, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) regularly tracks and reports security incidents involving anti-Taliban groups in its quarterly updates to the U.N. Security Council.
