The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that its fighters carried out a targeted strike against a de facto military vehicle in the Qarabagh district of Kabul province, leaving two Taliban operatives dead and another injured.
According to an official press release issued by the armed resistance movement, the targeted operation occurred at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, along the strategic Kabul–North highway corridor. The group confirmed that its operational cell sustained no casualties during the engagement and safely withdrew from the scene.
Expanding Operational Scope of Anti-Regime Resistance
While de facto authorities have maintained their policy of remaining silent regarding insurgent casualty counts, local monitoring points to a noticeable surge in guerrilla tactics across key strategic sectors:
- Highway Interdiction: The Qarabagh strike underscores the AFF’s persistent focus on disrupting de facto supply lines and armed patrols along major inter-provincial highways linking the capital to northern provinces.
- Guerrilla and Conventional Shifts: In addition to urban hit-and-run ambushes near Kabul, the AFF has increasingly reported direct field engagements and long-range rocket operations against de facto garrisons in Badakhshan, Nuristan, and Parwan provinces.
- Unacknowledged Casualties: De facto security commandants consistently downplay or suppress news of insurgent strikes to project internal stability, even as local reports verify recurring night-time clashes near state outposts.
Escalating Insecurity Across Key Provinces
The attack in Qarabagh coincides with a broader regional uptick in anti-regime activity, as multiple resistance groups intensify hit-and-run raids on de facto checkpoints, intelligence vehicles, and administrative sites.
Security analysts note that the AFF’s ability to execute urban and highway ambushes in close proximity to Kabul—alongside ongoing skirmishes in the northeast—presents a persistent operational challenge to the de facto administration’s efforts to consolidate total domestic security.