The clashes involve disputed casualty figures, competing accounts of who took part, and fighting between rival Taliban factions, with neighboring Tajikistan also raising concerns over cross-border violence.
August 17, 2026
The Khovar state news agency quotes Tajik officials as saying that three of five ‘drug traffickers’ were killed in the southern Khatlon region after showing ‘armed resistance.’
January 30, 2026
