Fresh fighting is reportedly ongoing between the Taliban and resistance forces in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley.
Clashes between Taliban forces and the resistance front are ongoing with both sides claiming to have caused heavy casualties to the opposing side, according to TOLO news.
The Taliban’s heavy attacks on Panjshir were pushed back and the Taliban forces suffered heavy casualties during the fighting, the Resistance group told TOLO news.
Kabul’s Emergency Hospital confirmed they had received several people dead on arrival resulting from recent clashes.
Panjshir is the last area holding out against the Taliban in the country.
The leader of a resistance faction against Taliban militants in Afghanistan announced on Saturday that they will continue fighting.
“We will never give up the fight for God, freedom, and justice,” the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, Ahmad Massoud, wrote on his official Facebook page.
Massoud’s announcement came in apparent response to unconfirmed reports that Panjshir, the only province that the Taliban do not control, had been captured and that the resistance leaders had fled the country.
In a video message late Friday, the country’s former First Vice President Amrullah Saleh – who says he is currently residing in his home province of Panjshir – said that resistance against the Taliban is continuing.
For around five days, there has been heavy fighting between the Taliban and National Resistance Front fighters around Panjshir valley.
Brief talks between them for a peaceful solution failed.
The Taliban has offered Massoud a position within their government, but he has rejected it, according to Fahim Dashti, a spokesman for the resistance organization.
The group is demanding the fair political participation of all ethnic groups as well as the protection of women’s rights, freedom of speech, and elections.
A group of Afghan women and civil society activists staged a rally in Kabul on Friday, calling for their inclusion in the future government, including in decision-making and a role in politics.
The women in Kabul rally asked the Taliban and international community to preserve women’s achievements of the last two decades and respect their political, social, and economic rights.
A group of Afghan women and civil society activists staged a rally in Kabul on Friday, calling for their inclusion in the future government, including in decision-making and a role in politics.
The women in Kabul rally asked the Taliban and international community to preserve women’s achievements of the last two decades and respect their political, social, and economic rights.
(With inputs from agencies)
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