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Rebels Are More Equipped Than ANSF: Daudzai
Acting Interior Minister Muhammad Omar Daudzai has said in some provinces the armed oppositions are more equipped with advanced weapons than the Afghan National Security Force (ANSF).
Addressing a three-day meeting of Joint Armed Forces examining security challenges Wednesday in Kabul, the acting interior minister called on the international community to consider equipage of Afghan forces.
“In most areas the rebels have more advanced weapons than our police,” Daudzai said. “It is totally unfavorable that instead of us, the rebels are more equipped.”
Also present at the event was the Chief Executive of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah, asking the United States to respond positively to the needs and requirements of the Afghan forces.
“We expect our international allies to listen to the problems of our forces, their training and equipping and also other issues,” Abdullah said.
But the general commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan, General John Campbell, who was also present at the event, rejected the claim of acting interior minister that Taliban are more equipped than the Afghan forces.
“Afghan forces are already equipped but we are working to provide them more advanced equipment, currently we are replacing their old weapons with the new ones, after Afghanistan signed accords with US and NATO, now we are committed to remove all shortcomings and fulfill the needs of the forces,” Gen. Campbell noted.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in its latest report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, stated that 14 members of the former Afghan government forces were killed in the last three months of 2025.
The report noted that during this period, there were 28 cases of arbitrary arrest and detention, and at least seven cases of torture and ill-treatment targeting officials and personnel of the former Afghan government.
According to the report, some of the officials and forces who had recently returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan were among those subjected to extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, and detentions.
The report also highlighted restrictions on women’s work and movement, executions and flogging of individuals, and disruptions to internet and telecommunications services.
An eight-member delegation from Afghanistan, led by Haseebullah Ahmadi, chief of staff deputy interior minister for counter-narcotics, has departed for Jakarta, Indonesia.
The delegation includes officials from the Interior Ministry’s counter-narcotics deputyship as well as representatives from the Ministry of Public Health.
The visit comes at the official invitation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Kabul and is supported financially by Japan.
During their stay, the delegation will participate in a meeting focused on enhancing international cooperation in combating narcotics and improving treatment programs for individuals struggling with addiction.
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UNAMA: 70 civilians killed in Pakistani attacks on Afghanistan in last three months of 2025
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reported that at least 70 civilians were killed and 478 others injured as a result of attacks carried out by the Pakistani military in Afghanistan.
This is the highest number recorded by UNAMA since it began systematically documenting such incidents in 2011.
UNAMA stated that most of the casualties occurred between 10 and 17 October, during a period of sharply heightened tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
On 11 and 12 October, residential areas in the provinces of Paktya, Kunar, and Helmand came under attack from the Pakistani side.
The deadliest day was 15 October, when clashes and airstrikes in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, explosions in Kabul, and incidents in Khost and Paktika resulted in 35 deaths and 422 injuries.
Although a ceasefire was announced on the evening of 15 October, UNAMA documented further incidents in the following days, including an attack on 17 October in Paktika’s Urgun district that claimed the lives of 11 civilians.
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