KABUL (Dispatches) -- A fire destroyed more than 100 shops in a market in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, while anti-Taliban armed groups claimed attacks across several provinces and the Taliban intensified arrests and movement restrictions in Panjshir, according to officials and statements from the groups.
The fire broke out late Friday in an underground market in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh Province, burning at least 135 shops, mostly clothing stores, shoe shops and travel agencies, provincial officials said. No casualties were reported and the cause was under investigation.
In Kunar Province, the Afghanistan Freedom Front said it attacked a Taliban checkpoint in Asadabad, killing one Taliban member and wounding three. 
The Afghanistan United Front claimed it killed a Taliban intelligence officer in Zabul Province, a Taliban commander identified as Mullah Samar Gul in Tagab district of Kapisa Province, and two Taliban police officers in Gardez, Paktia Province. The National Front for Independence said it killed one Taliban member in Paghman district of Kabul.
In Panjshir Province, the Panjshir Women’s Movement said the Taliban had recently arrested more than a dozen residents of Abdullahkhel village in Dara district, including several people detained multiple times. 
Most were civilians, the statement said, with reports of beatings and electric shock torture, and five people transferred to a Taliban military base. The Taliban also imposed a curfew on the area from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. and set up checkpoints to inspect identification documents.
At the UN Human Rights Council, Pakistan’s representative said more than 4,700 Pakistanis had been killed in attacks originating from Afghanistan over the past three years and called on the Taliban to end restrictions on women. 
UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett said the Taliban had shown no willingness to reverse systematic human rights violations and urged the international community not to normalize relations without verified improvements.
Near the Durand Line, a mortar shell fired by Pakistani forces exploded in Dand Patan district of Paktia Province, killing one child and wounding four others. 
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned that fighting near the Torkham crossing threatened Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan.