Islamabad: Relentless Attacks by a Resurrectionist National Resistance Front (NRF) seems to compel the mighty Taliban In one corner, it called for a meeting of “all factions” to consolidate a strategy to stop the anti-Taliban ally, led by Ahmed Masood, the son of the slain commander of the former Northern Coalition. Ahmed Shah Masoodi,
Residents of Panjshir in northeastern Afghanistan reported heavy fighting between Taliban and NRF fighters in parts of the region for the tenth day in a row. Faridoon, a resident of Panjshir, who took his family to neighboring Baglan province, told TOI over phone, “People are leaving the area because of the fighting. They are scared as both the sides are involved in night firing and heavy shelling.”
In the latest attack, the NRF claimed the lives of over a dozen people Taliban fighters In Dara district of Panjshir on Monday. In the past few weeks, armed anti-Taliban resistance has gathered momentum in northern Afghanistan in response to Masood’s call for a renewed fight against the Taliban – from hunger to security, amid increasingly dire circumstances for Afghans. .
The NRF said it had “liberated” three major districts from Taliban control. Afghan news channel TOLONews quoted NRF spokesman Sibgatullah Ahmadi as saying, “We are present in several areas of Dara and Abshar as well as Andrab.”
Ahmadi said six NRF fighters were killed in the clashes late on Monday.
All three areas believed to be recaptured by the NRF are in the Panjshir Valley, where resistance forces launched the first armed attack against the Taliban in August 2021 after the toppling of the previous US-backed regime.
Abdul Hameed Khurasani, the commander of the Taliban’s Nasser Badri troops, denied that his organization had suffered casualties in the fighting. These claims are untrue. Some shots fired from the mountains. We have taken steps to suppress them.”
Afghan journalist Abdulhaq Omari told the Times of India that the Taliban have proved over the past few months that they cannot rule. “It is more difficult for them to rule than it was for them to rebel against the rebels of the day. Ashraf Ghani government,” he said.
Abubakar Sedqi, spokesman for the Panjshir governor’s office, said six soldiers from the Islamic Emirate were killed and two others were injured in the clashes so far. “The injured were taken to hospital and the bodies of the martyrs were sent to their provinces. The claims of high casualties made by the Islamic Emirate’s opponents are untrue,” he said, adding that at least 10 fighters of the resistance force were killed. Had gone.
The NRF claims its presence in 12 Afghan provinces and has vowed to surprise the Taliban with further attacks from Panjshir in the coming days.
Reports of clashes between the Islamic Emirate’s forces and the resistance have dominated social media for days, including videos that purportedly show members of both sides being held captive.
Following the Taliban’s victory over Kabul in August 2021, many anti-Taliban forces within the US and the previous government’s NATO-trained armed forces fled to Panjshir, a stronghold of anti-Taliban resistance north of Kabul. Many of the former members of the Afghan army and special forces, as well as former government employees who stayed in Afghanistan, joined the Masood-led NRF in Panjshir to continue their armed struggle against the Taliban.
Residents of Panjshir in northeastern Afghanistan reported heavy fighting between Taliban and NRF fighters in parts of the region for the tenth day in a row. Faridoon, a resident of Panjshir, who took his family to neighboring Baglan province, told TOI over phone, “People are leaving the area because of the fighting. They are scared as both the sides are involved in night firing and heavy shelling.”
In the latest attack, the NRF claimed the lives of over a dozen people Taliban fighters In Dara district of Panjshir on Monday. In the past few weeks, armed anti-Taliban resistance has gathered momentum in northern Afghanistan in response to Masood’s call for a renewed fight against the Taliban – from hunger to security, amid increasingly dire circumstances for Afghans. .
The NRF said it had “liberated” three major districts from Taliban control. Afghan news channel TOLONews quoted NRF spokesman Sibgatullah Ahmadi as saying, “We are present in several areas of Dara and Abshar as well as Andrab.”
Ahmadi said six NRF fighters were killed in the clashes late on Monday.
All three areas believed to be recaptured by the NRF are in the Panjshir Valley, where resistance forces launched the first armed attack against the Taliban in August 2021 after the toppling of the previous US-backed regime.
Abdul Hameed Khurasani, the commander of the Taliban’s Nasser Badri troops, denied that his organization had suffered casualties in the fighting. These claims are untrue. Some shots fired from the mountains. We have taken steps to suppress them.”
Afghan journalist Abdulhaq Omari told the Times of India that the Taliban have proved over the past few months that they cannot rule. “It is more difficult for them to rule than it was for them to rebel against the rebels of the day. Ashraf Ghani government,” he said.
Abubakar Sedqi, spokesman for the Panjshir governor’s office, said six soldiers from the Islamic Emirate were killed and two others were injured in the clashes so far. “The injured were taken to hospital and the bodies of the martyrs were sent to their provinces. The claims of high casualties made by the Islamic Emirate’s opponents are untrue,” he said, adding that at least 10 fighters of the resistance force were killed. Had gone.
The NRF claims its presence in 12 Afghan provinces and has vowed to surprise the Taliban with further attacks from Panjshir in the coming days.
Reports of clashes between the Islamic Emirate’s forces and the resistance have dominated social media for days, including videos that purportedly show members of both sides being held captive.
Following the Taliban’s victory over Kabul in August 2021, many anti-Taliban forces within the US and the previous government’s NATO-trained armed forces fled to Panjshir, a stronghold of anti-Taliban resistance north of Kabul. Many of the former members of the Afghan army and special forces, as well as former government employees who stayed in Afghanistan, joined the Masood-led NRF in Panjshir to continue their armed struggle against the Taliban.