Taliban is under pressure - what will they do next?

A bomb attack in Kabul killed at least 1 Taliban member

Whoever thinks that the USA under Trump administration is in favor of the anti-Taliban opposition is strongly mistaken. There are powerful lobbyists in the USA, who see the Taliban as a useful tool to control the region. Although it is very difficult to reach USA’s goals, as the other regional power are not sitting still, while the USA is trying to shape the world in its favor, the USA has not given up its hopes. The tragedy goes on and the suffering of Afghans is continuing.

Anyhow, the Taliban remain under severe pressure. A bomb attack on Tuesday, 11 February 2025 killed several Taliban members in Kunduz. Two days later, Abdul Mateen Qani, a Taliban Interior Ministry Spokesman, confirmed that one member of Taliban security was killed, and three others were wounded in an explosion in Kabul.

Usually the Taliban don't admit their losses or name a far lesser amount of Taliban casualties than the actual number. The Tuesday attack is confirmed to have killed several Taliban members: "Multiple sources reported that the victims of the Tuesday blast were predominantly Taliban security personnel who had assembled to collect their salaries." Again it was not the Taliban to who confirmed their casualties but local sources. It seems that Afghans in Afghanistan are fed up with Taliban's corruption.

Meanwhile the Taliban has issued a new directive banning all domestic media organizations from broadcasting political programs until further notice. Amu news channel reported about it on 13 February 2025. According to the sources, the order was issued by the Taliban’s intelligence agency and the Ministry of Information and Culture. Media executives are expected to meet with Taliban officials on Saturday to discuss the matter.

While the Taliban remain a terrorist group, there surely is foreign intelligence in their preparation of sabotage against the Afghan anti-Taliban opposition as resistance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953 - 9 September 2001) explained in his historic speech against the Taliban: "The international conspiracies increased and more than the international conspiracies our own desires became dangerous."