Local sources in Badakhshan report the continued detention of individuals close to Juma Khan Fateh, house-to-house searches, and the confiscation of hundreds of weapons and ammunition boxes by Taliban special forces. According to the sources, restrictions on mining activities have simultaneously increased in some districts, and local Taliban members are set to be replaced with Pashtun Taliban forces. The sources also claim that more than 20 foreign fighters, including members of Ansarullah, Uyghurs, and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), are present at the border battalion base in Nusay district, none of whom are familiar with Persian or Pashto. According to the sources, four of them speak with a Tajikistani accent, and despite being foreign nationals, all of them hold Afghan national identity cards.
Sources in some districts say that after Juma Khan Fateh’s arrest, the Taliban also detained and imprisoned his brother, Abdul Fattah, who was in charge of the mines in Nusay district and had intended to flee.
According to the sources, Mawlawi Iqrarudin and his son, individuals close to Fateh who intended to travel to Faizabad, were detained by the Taliban along the way on accusations of having ties to Daesh. The sources add that Tajwali, one of Juma Khan Fateh’s financial partners who had been hiding in the village of Khwah in Sheki district at the home of a man named Khanuddin, has also been detained and imprisoned by Taliban fighters.
Sources say that house-to-house searches in the villages of Joy, Shuriyan Dara, and Shakh Dara, and some other areas of Nusay district, continue to be carried out by Taliban special forces. According to the sources, more than 650 pieces of light weaponry and 35 pieces of heavy weaponry have so far been collected and transferred to the center, and more than 500 boxes of various types of ammunition have also been seized.
Sources also say that Taliban special units in Sheki district detained Mehrabuddin, an associate of Juma Khan Fateh, from the village of Ghami in that district, and released him after confiscating 35 weapons from him.
Sources say that mining is prohibited for residents without permission from the Taliban’s provincial mining department in Badakhshan, and only the washing of materials that residents had previously extracted is permitted. According to the sources, in Maimay and Khwahan districts, Taliban special units composed of Pashtun members have been deployed and do not trust local Taliban members.
Local sources say that Pashtun Taliban members do not trust local Taliban members, and that all local Taliban are soon to be replaced with Pashtun Taliban forces. The sources also add that attacks by the Freedom Front continue in Zebak district of Badakhshan, and that four Talibs have been killed and seven wounded so far. According to the sources’ claims, one member of the Freedom Front was also wounded during these clashes.
Sources confirm that among the Pashtun Taliban members moving through various areas of Darwaz and border regions, fighters from Ansarullah, Uyghurs, and TTP members are also present. Local sources say that more than 20 foreign fighters within Taliban ranks are present at the border battalion base in Nusay district. According to the sources, these individuals are not familiar with Persian or Pashto; four of them speak with a Tajikistani accent, and all of them hold Afghan national identity cards.
At the same time, some residents of Nusay district confirm that the Taliban have searched the homes of several individuals affiliated with Juma Khan Fateh using trained dogs. This measure contradicts the group’s position during its previous period of rule. At that time, the Taliban described the use of dogs to search homes as contrary to Islamic values and the values of the people of Afghanistan. They used this issue in their propaganda against security and international forces.
Juma Khan Fateh, the dissident Taliban commander who surrendered to the group after a week of clashes with Pashtun Taliban fighters, has been transferred to Kabul by the Taliban army chief of staff. Following his arrest, the Taliban executed a number of his forces by firing squad and desecrated their bodies. Meanwhile, the process of collecting weapons and disarming fighters affiliated with Fateh continues.
Fateh laid down arms and surrendered to the group on August 17, 2026, through the mediation of Fasihuddin Fitrat, the Taliban army chief of staff.
Before this, residents of Nusay district in Badakhshan had accused the Taliban of committing “war crimes” and mistreating civilians. They had claimed that the Taliban targeted civilians using “82mm mortars” and firing on villages. Additionally, according to them, the Taliban used suicide drones, resulting in the deaths and injuries of several mine workers.
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پس از بازداشت فاتح؛ طالبان با افراد و نیروهای او چه میکنند؟
