Sirajuddin Haqqani
Coverage of Sirajuddin Haqqani in the Nexus archive.
- Gunmen kill high-ranking Taliban official in Afghanistan in rare targeted attack
Gunmen killed Zabihullah Amiri, Badakhshan’s director of information and culture, in a targeted attack in Afghanistan. Security forces killed one attacker and captured the other. The article notes prior rare attacks on Taliban officials, including a 2024 suicide bombing that killed refugee minister Khalil Haqqani and a 2023 car bomb in Faizabad.
- Gunmen kill high-ranking Taliban official in Afghanistan in rare targeted attack
Gunmen killed Zabihullah Amiri, a high-ranking Taliban official in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, in a rare targeted attack. Security forces killed one attacker and captured the other, with investigations ongoing. Similar incidents have been rare since the Taliban took power in 2021, though past attacks include a 2024 suicide bombing of a refugee minister and a 2023 car bomb that killed a deputy governor.
- Can Kabul hold?
The Taliban regime in Kabul faces internal fragmentation between the Kandahar and Kabul factions, economic reliance on illicit trade, and growing opposition from groups like the National Resistance Front led by Ahmad Massoud. Decentralized resistance movements and regional tensions further threaten the administration's stability.