Badakhshan and the First Signs of a Localized Anti-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan

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Badakhshan in northeastern Afghanistan is possibly experiencing the first signs of a localized anti-Taliban insurgency since August 2021, with recent fighting and dispersed attacks signaling a nascent insurgency. This development marks a significant shift in the regional security dynamics.

Abstract The available evidence suggests that Badakhshan, in northeastern Afghanistan, may be witnessing the earliest signs of a localized anti-Taliban insurgency, the first since August 2021. Several days of fighting around Yaftal-e Payin and Zebak, followed by dispersed attacks across the north, appear more consistent with a nascent, geographically bounded insurgency than with the isolated incidents that have punctuated Taliban … Read more The post Badakhshan and the First Signs of a Localized Anti-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.