In Afghanistan, anti-Taliban groups have stepped up their operations in various provinces.

The anti-Taliban resistance groups National Independence Front and Afghanistan United Front have claimed responsibility for fresh attacks.

According to National Independence Front, a rocket attack targeted the convoy of Deputy Minister of Mines Abdul Mateen Saeed in Badakhshan province. Six security guards were killed and five others injured in the rocket attack.

According to Afghanistan United Front, one Taliban operative was killed and a large quantity of weapons seized during an armed operation targeting a checkpoint in Arghandab district of Kandahar province.

Afghanistan United Front claimed that its fighters captured a Taliban checkpoint in Al-Badr district of Sar-e Pol province following an armed attack and intense clashe, killing one Taliban operative and injuring three others.