24-Hour Ultimatum Issued After Armed Tensions in Nusay, Badakhshan
Local sources in Badakhshan province report that tensions between Taliban administration fighters and associates of Jumma Fateh in Nusay district escalated into verbal and physical clashes, followed by a 24-hour ultimatum to vacate the area.
According to sources, the incident occurred on Monday, 6 July, when Mohahed Khanjari, an associate of Jumma Fateh, entered the Nusay district center carrying a gun. Taliban fighters stopped him for disarmament, leading to an argument and subsequently a violent altercation.
Sources added that during the conflict, Khanjari struck one of the Taliban fighters with a fist. With the intervention of others present, he was released and fled the scene on a motorcycle towards the Jumma Fateh base.
Simultaneously, it was reported that Qari Hanif, a former Taliban commander in Shaki and a close associate of Jumma Fateh, was stopped by Taliban administration fighters while heading to the Nowabad area of Nusay but managed to leave the scene as well.
According to sources, Jumma Fateh has given Taliban administration fighters a 24-hour deadline to leave the Nusay area; otherwise, they will face military action. The increase in such tensions in Badakhshan once again reveals the lack of cohesion and unified management within the Taliban’s security structures—a situation that has raised local residents’ concerns over further instability in the province.
