{"id":14215,"date":"2026-06-02T07:10:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/02\/taliban-deputy-governor-zabul-commands-10000-fighters-disarm-unauthorized-forces\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:10:25","slug":"taliban-deputy-governor-zabul-commands-10000-fighters-disarm-unauthorized-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/02\/taliban-deputy-governor-zabul-commands-10000-fighters-disarm-unauthorized-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Deputy Governor Reports Commanding 10,000 Fighters in Zabul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Juma Khan Fateh, the deputy governor of the Taliban administration in Zabul, announced that about 10,000 Taliban members operate under his command. He made these remarks during a gathering in the Nusay district of Badakhshan.<\/p>\n<p>Fateh dismissed reports of disagreements between him and Taliban officials in Kandahar, stating that there is no tension or conflict with the administration&#8217;s authorities. This comes amid recent weeks&#8217; rumors about internal disputes in some regions.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Fateh was considered one of the influential Taliban figures in Badakhshan before being transferred to Zabul province, which holds significant security and geographical importance in southern Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some sources have reported that Fateh, in a meeting with Fasihuddin Fatrat, the chief of staff of the Taliban army, agreed to disarm all &#8216;unauthorized armed individuals&#8217; affiliated with him. If confirmed, this issue raises questions about the existence and role of informal forces within the Taliban&#8217;s security structure\u2014a matter that has consistently concerned residents and monitoring organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban deputy governor in Zabul commands 10,000 fighters, denies disputes with Kandahar officials, and agrees to disarm unauthorized armed affiliates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}