The United Front of Afghanistan says it carried out 116 military operations against the Taliban in 23 Afghan provinces over the past 100 days, claiming that at least 153 Taliban members were killed and 89 others wounded. The figures were announced by the group and have not been independently verified.
Sami Sadat, leader of the United Front and a former commander of Afghanistan’s army special forces, made the claims in a video message on Sunday, 17 Aqrab, marking the 100th day since the group began its operations. He said 11 of the operations were offensive attacks, while the remainder were targeted operations. According to Sadat, 60 percent of the targeted operations took place in southwestern Afghanistan, particularly in areas he described as the Taliban’s political and military centre.
Sadat said the focus on the southwest was intended to weaken the Taliban’s central leadership in Kandahar. He also claimed that the group has a presence across Afghanistan and has strengthened its ties with young fighters and tribal elders over the past three months. He reported that three members of the United Front had been killed during the same period.
Alongside its military activities, Sadat said the group had held meetings with several Afghan political figures to strengthen coordination and unity. He further claimed that the number of its fighters had increased and that divisions had emerged within the Taliban leadership. He provided no independently verifiable evidence or detailed figures to support these assertions.
Sadat also accused Russia of providing military and intelligence assistance to the Taliban, including weapons repairs and training delivered through Belarus. He said the United Front had sent a letter to Moscow protesting the alleged cooperation and calling for an end to military support for the Taliban. These allegations were not independently substantiated in the reported statement.
The United Front announced on 10 Asad that it was launching military operations against the Taliban and other groups as part of what it calls the “Mission for the Liberation of Afghanistan.” Since then, it has reported attacks in several provinces, particularly Helmand, Kandahar and Nimroz.
On 22 Mizan, the group claimed that three Taliban members had been killed in a clash in Kandahar. The Taliban police command in the province gave a different account, saying that two armed opponents had been killed in the same confrontation.
The competing accounts illustrate the difficulty of independently establishing casualty figures and battlefield developments in Afghanistan. The United Front’s latest announcement provides its own account of the scale and geographic reach of its campaign, but without independent confirmation, the reported operation totals and casualties should be treated as claims rather than established facts. The allegations concerning foreign support and divisions within the Taliban leadership also remain unverified.
