In Afghanistan, armed resistance against the Taliban regime is continuing, with attacks reported in several provinces.

Anti-Taliban armed groups, including the Afghanistan Freedom Front, the United Front and the National Front for Independence, have claimed responsibility for fresh attacks and casualties in various provinces.

According to the Afghanistan Freedom Front, one Taliban fighter was killed and three others were injured in an attack on a Taliban checkpoint in Asadabad, the provincial capital of Kunar.

According to the Afghanistan United Front, an intelligence operative of the Taliban regime was killed in a targeted operation in Zabul province.

The Afghanistan United Front also claimed that a key commander of the Taliban forces, Mullah Samar Gul, was killed in a commando operation in Tagab district of Kapisa province.

According to the National Front for Independence, a member of the Taliban group was killed in a targeted operation in Paghman district of Kabul province.