Panjshir Resistance

South Asia News. Massouds National Resistance Front has vowed to combat the Taliban from Panjshir which repelled both Soviet forces and the Taliban in the 1980s and.

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PANJSHIR VALLEY Aug 24 Atop a craggy mountain that has withstood foreign invaders for decades anti-Taliban fighters fire a mounted heavy machine gun into a deep valley.

Panjshir resistance. Amidst the complete takeover of Afghanistan by the Islamist group Taliban a resistance force led by Ahmad Massoud son of late Afghan leader Ahmad Shah Massoud known as the Lion of Panjshir are gaining in strength in. Meanwhile Panjshir the only province that remains outside the Taliban control have reportedly hoisted the resistance flag of the Northern Alliance all over again. Panjshir is about 65 kilometers away from Kabul and is on the northern side.

Many of these forces regrouped in Andarab district in Baghlan. There are mountains in the province and serve as a natural fortress. Along with the Commando General Hasib Panjshiri General Hamid Saifi Commander Khalid Amiri has also reached the countrys Panjishir district to join Amrullah Saleh who he referred to as the leader.

At the forefront of that resistance was the charismatic guerrilla leader Ahmad Shah Massoud known as the Lion of Panjshir that thanks to his talents as a strategist and the natural strength that the valley represents managed to prevent the fall of the province under Taliban control as it had done before during the Soviet invasion. But Ahmad Shah Massoud the countrys most famed anti-Taliban fighter launched a resistance against the Sunni Pashtun group and eventually succeeded in defending the Panjshir Valley. The Panjshir resistance includes local anti-Taliban militia members as well as former Afghan government forces Photo.

Panjshir Province is now the stronghold against the Taliban. They are members of the National Resistance Front NRF the most prominent Afghan opposition group to emerge since the Taliban captured Kabul nine days ago. Panjshir valley and the last resistance to.

Panjshiri leaders have always made it clear for better or worse. It is a natural fortress a. The Taliban militants have taken nearly every scrap of land in the country over the past fortnight.

This is the last bastion of resistance to Taliban rule in Afghanistan. The Taliban are dispatching hundreds of fighters to the Panjshir Valley 150 kilometers north of the Afghan capital Kabul to try to stamp out an emerging resistance movement led by the son of a. Panjshir Afghanistans valley of resistance The Panjshir Valley girded on either side by steep mountains has been known as a hub for resistance.

Its fighters many of. In Panjshir resistance fighters were bracing for a Taliban advance. With a request to all friends for support Afghan commando Sarfaraz on Thursday arrived in Panjshir to intensify RESISTANCE 20.

It is still dotted with. DUSHANBE Reuters -The Afghan ambassador to Tajikistan on Wednesday rejected Taliban rule of his country and said Panjshir province north of. Panjshir valley north of Kabul in the Hindu Kush was a resistance stronghold for decades first against the Soviets in the 1980s then against the Taliban in the 1990s.

Panjshir valley is the epicentre of what is being called the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan or the Second Resistance. Ahmad Massoud the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud the Lion of Panjshir has raised the flag of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan against the Taliban. Ahmad Massoud Amrullah Saleh Bismillah Khan Mohammadi are the.

The nascent Panjshir resistance has been bolstered by remnants of Afghan forces that refused to surrender and fled the Taliban takeover of the provinces of Kunduz Badakhshan Takhar and Baghlan. Despite its proximity to Kabul no government foreign or Afghan has ever taken and held it by force. AFP Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN.

But Panjshir meaning five lions in Persian is a natural fortress. He has been joined by vice president Amrullah Saleh who declared himself president of the Afghan republic after Ashraf Ghani fled the country a week ago. Currently there is calm and no fighting going on.

The Panjshir valley about three hours drive north of Kabul has a mythical hold on the Afghan imagination. But the forces in Panjshir are ready to fight back if anything happens. The Panjshir resistance is the most prominent opposition to emerge since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan PANJSHIR VALLEY AFGHANISTAN - Atop a craggy mountain that has withstood foreign.

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