February 06, 2026 12:58 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
‘We never said no’: Suryakumar Yadav says India ready for Pakistan clash at T20 World Cup | Supreme Court orders Mamata govt to clear pending dues | ‘India is free to buy oil from anyone’: Russia fires back at Trump’s crude deal claim | ‘Justice crying behind closed doors’: Mamata Banerjee slams ECI in Supreme Court, CJI Kant assures solution | Mummy, Papa, sorry: Three sisters jump to death after parents object to online gaming | Supreme Court raps Meta, WhatsApp: ‘Theft of private information, won’t allow its use’ | ‘Completely surrendered’: Congress slams Modi after Trump’s trade deal move | PM Modi thanks 'dear friend' Trump for tariff reduction, hails strong US–India partnership | Trump announces US–India trade deal, lowers reciprocal tariffs to 18% | After Budget mayhem, bulls return: Sensex, Nifty stage sharp recovery
Taliban
Image: Xinhua/UNI

Taliban forces conduct house-to house searches in Mazar-e-Sharif

| @indiablooms | Aug 28, 2022, at 05:35 am

Kabul: The Taliban forces have started house-to house searches in Mazar-e-Sharif city of Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.

These searches are being conducted to find suspected criminals, combat ISIS, and collect state and illegal weapons, reports Khaama Press.

According to sources, this round of house-to-house efforts began on Thursday morning, August 25, in Mazar-e-Sharif’s police district 3, the news agency reported.

The Taliban’s 209th Al-Fath Corps and the Intelligence Directorate are working together to conduct house-to-house searches in Mazar-e-Sharif, according to Asif Waziri, the spokesman for the Taliban office of the chief of police in Balkh province.

According to the Taliban official, Asif Waziri, the Taliban forces are conducting door-to-door searches in an effort to combat ISIS, obtain state weapons and collect undocumented guns, as well as track down suspected criminals.

Previously, locals in the Samangan province of northern Afghanistan said that Taliban forces were conducting door-to-door searches in Aybak, the Samangan province’s capital, searching homes.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.