Taliban Conducts Military Operation Against AFF in Laghman

The Taliban has waged an operation on the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) forces in Dawlat Shah district, after AFF’s attack on the Taliban district governor's office in Laghman province.

Local sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban’s operation continues in various regions of Dawlat Shah district.

On Monday night, the Taliban launched the military operation in Gadiala, Manangul and Noya villages of Dawlat Shah district.

On Tuesday, AFF posted on social media platform X that on Monday night, the Taliban launched a "clearance and search operation" in several areas in the district of Dawlat Shah of Laghman to "harass the people". The front said that its forces ambushed the Taliban in two areas.

AFF claimed that its forces have inflicted casualties on the Taliban.

They also confirmed that the clashes have continued in several areas of the district.

Taliban officials have not reacted to AFF’s claims.

Earlier, the Freedom Front had claimed that it had killed at least two members of the Taliban in an attack on the group’s district governor office in Dawlat Shah district. Following the incident, sources told Afghanistan International that senior Taliban officials from the capital of Laghman province visited the area and held an emergency meeting in the district center of Dawlat Shah.

According to the sources, the Taliban arrested three residents of the district after the attack on the district governor's office.