CONFLICT
Aziz Wafa, Former Afghan Special Forces Commander, Killed in Clashes With Taliban in Andarab
Up to 20 Taliban militants have been killed near Rukha in the Andarab region of Baghlan Province, Afghanistan. The battle commenced 7 hours ago and reportedly has ended in Taliban defeat. In that firefight, Aziz Wafa, who was at one time, the senior enlisted man of the nearly 15,000 personnel of the ANA Special Operations Command. Four months ago he joined the Afghan National Resistance Front with several dozen men under his previous command before the 2021 fall to the Taliban.