UN Secretary General: Armed opposition groups have not created any challenge against the Taliban’s control over Afghanistan

According to the regional office Tasnim News, “Antonio Guterres” Secretary General of the organization In a report on the situation in Afghanistan, titled “Afghanistan situation and its consequences on international peace and security”, the United Nations stated that the armed opposition groups have not created “any challenge” in controlling the areas against the Taliban government.

In the new quarterly report, which covers the situation in Afghanistan from August to early December, it is stated that the attacks of armed opposition groups on Taliban people compared to the same period in 2022, despite the “increase” in alleged attacks on social networks, but the “number of actual attacks” has decreased.

According to this report, during this period the “Freedom Front”, a group made up of former soldiers, was said to be the “most active group”, although small attacks has carried out, while the attacks of the “National Resistance Front” led by Ahmad Massoud were “much less” than in 2022 and it has not carried out “any attacks” in its traditional power base in Panjshir.

The report states that from August 1st to November 22nd, the available statistics show that 41 percent of the 104 cases to 61 cases, explosions have decreased by 72 percent from 65 cases to 18 cases compared to the same period last year.

On December 8, the Ministry of Interior of the Taliban confirmed the attack on the governor of Panjshir, which the “Freedom Front” claimed responsibility for. Abdul Matin Qane, the spokesman of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior, said that they “threw a hand grenade that caused no casualties” and the perpetrators of this attack were “arrested”.

However, the announcement of “Freedom Front” states that the people of this front “targeted the office of the Taliban governor in Panjshir” in an operation, and the governor was “wounded” and ” At least four people, including two bodyguards of the Governor, were killed.

on Also in December, this front announced an attack on the Taliban intelligence office in Rakhe Panjshir city.

The report also states that the political opposition in exile remains scattered, but “has become more active in challenging the Taliban on domestic and foreign issues.” In this regard, the report mentioned the holding of several opposition meetings in Moscow, Dushanbe and Vienna.

In the UN Secretary General’s report, it is also said that the events for which the Khorasan branch of ISIS has taken responsibility or been attributed to it have also decreased.

From August 1 to November 7, UNAMA recorded 8 ISIS attacks in three provinces of Afghanistan, compared to 27 attacks in 6 provinces during Similar to the previous year, it shows a significant decrease.

During these three months, the attackers of the ISIS group have mainly targeted ordinary people, especially the Shia community of Afghanistan, including the explosion of a Shia mosque in Pul Khumri, Baghlan in 13 October, an attack on a sports club in the Shiite area of ​​Dasht Barchi in the west of Kabul city in 26 October and an explosion in a passenger car in the same area in7 Reported November.

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