{"id":22661,"date":"2026-07-07T15:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22661"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:26:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:26:40","slug":"rift-deepens-within-afghan-taliban-as-defiant-commander-juma-khan-refuses-to-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22661","title":{"rendered":"Rift Deepens Within Afghan Taliban as Defiant Commander Juma Khan Refuses to Surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A dispute over control of mineral resources in Afghanistan&#8217;s Badakhshan province has escalated into a serious crisis, with fighting continuing between the Taliban and local commander Juma Khan Fateh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Afghan media reports, tensions between the Taliban and the defected commander have intensified over the distribution and control of mineral resources.<\/p>\n<p>Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah has reportedly declared Juma Khan Fateh a rebel and ordered military action against him.<\/p>\n<p>Taliban special forces have been deployed in Badakhshan to arrest the commander.<\/p>\n<p>Afghan media reported that continuous aerial surveillance is being conducted across the province, with drones and helicopters carrying out patrols.<\/p>\n<p>A large Taliban force comprising 50 military vehicles has also been mobilised as part of efforts to capture Juma Khan Fateh.<\/p>\n<p>The defiant commander has announced that he will not surrender under any circumstances and said he is prepared to resist any attack.<\/p>\n<p>According to Afghan media, the Darwaz district of Badakhshan is currently under Juma Khan Fateh&#8217;s control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dispute over control of mineral resources in Afghanistan&#8217;s Badakhshan province has escalated into a serious crisis, with fighting continuing between the Taliban and local commander Juma Khan Fateh. According to Afghan media reports, tensions between the Taliban and the defected commander have intensified over the distribution and control of mineral resources. Taliban leader Mullah [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,37],"tags":[12893,4851,61,12895,12887,12894,12613,12886,12307,12891,12889,12888,12892,12890,9895],"class_list":["post-22661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-world","tag-afghan-regime","tag-afghan-taliban","tag-afghanistan","tag-afghanistan-crisis","tag-badakhshan","tag-drone-surveillance","tag-international-news","tag-juma-khan-fateh","tag-military-operation","tag-mineral-resources","tag-mullah-hibatullah","tag-taliban-commander","tag-taliban-rift","tag-taliban-special-forces","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22663,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22661\/revisions\/22663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}