{
  "id": 2467605,
  "title": "Surge in armed resistance across Afghanistan challenges Taliban control",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/surge-in-armed-resistance-across-afghanistan-challenges-taliban",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T01:27:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1541977/surge-in-armed-resistance-across-afghanistan-challenges-taliban-control/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Resistance activity against the Taliban regime has intensified sharply during the past week, exposing growing pressure on its security apparatus across multiple provinces of Afghanistan. The National Resistance Front (NRF), Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF), and Afghanistan Liberation Front (AUF) carried out targeted attacks and direct clashes in Baghlan, Kunduz, Badakhshan, Helmand, and Kandahar,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}