Competing claims have emerged over a bomb attack in Fayzabad, the capital of Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, that targeted personnel linked to the intelligence service.
Local sources said a motorcycle packed with explosives detonated in the city's sixth district as intelligence personnel were passing. Initial reports said Safiullah Motawakkil, described as an intelligence figure in Badakhshan, was seriously wounded and one of his guards was killed. The Afghan authorities have not issued an official statement confirming the identity of the target or the casualty toll.
The National Resistance Front later claimed that it carried out a targeted operation that killed the deputy intelligence chief for Fayzabad and two of his guards. The NRF did not name the official it said was killed, leaving it unclear whether its claim referred to Motawakkil or another person.
A separate statement attributed to Islamic State Khorasan also circulated, claiming the use of a motorcycle bomb and saying one guard was killed while the intelligence official and another guard were wounded. That attributed statement could not immediately be authenticated through an original official channel or an independent secondary source and is therefore being treated as an unverified militant claim.
The casualty accounts also conflict. Local sources reported one death and a seriously wounded intelligence figure, while the NRF claimed three deaths. None of those figures has been independently confirmed.
Competing claims over a single attack do not by themselves establish joint involvement or prove either attribution. Further evidence or an official statement would be required to determine responsibility and the actual casualty toll.