Several anti-Taliban fronts say they carried out 19 attacks across nine provinces over the past 10 days, claiming to have killed 33 Taliban members and wounded dozens more. PoliticalConflict Analysis

Taliban have acknowledged clashes only in parts of Badakhshan province, while rejecting claims that opposition fighters seized any of their outposts. Taliban have not commented on the reported casualties or the other attacks.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front said it conducted seven attacks between July 30 and Aug. 9, claiming to have killed 16 Taliban members and wounded 19 others in Badakhshan, Kunduz, Nangarhar and Faryab provinces.

The front also claimed to have temporarily captured several Taliban checkpoints in Badakhshan, an assertion that could not be independently verified.

Samad Samadi, a military analyst, said the attacks suggest that armed opposition groups continue to challenge Taliban forces in some parts of the country.

"The armed groups opposing the Taliban have continued their operations and have sought to challenge Taliban forces," he said.

The United Front of Afghanistan separately claimed responsibility for 10 attacks during the same period, saying 15 Taliban members were killed and 15 others wounded in operations across Baghlan, Faryab, Kandahar, Helmand, Badghis, Badakhshan and Ghor provinces.

The National Resistance Front also claimed that its fighters killed two Taliban members in an attack in Herat on July 30, while the military wing of the Green Trend, led by former Vice President Amrullah Saleh, said it targeted a Taliban fuel convoy in the Salang Pass on Saturday.

Taliban have confirmed only that clashes took place in the Zebak and Yaftal districts of Badakhshan. They denied reports that opposition forces captured any checkpoints.

Speaking recently, Mohammad Ismail Ghaznawi, the Taliban governor of Badakhshan, dismissed the armed opposition as incapable of undermining Taliban rule.

"I tell both foreign and domestic enemies that if they dream of disrupting the Islamic system or Afghanistan`s stability, they will take those dreams to the grave," he said.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has previously said there are no active armed opposition groups inside Afghanistan, arguing that such groups exist mainly on social media.