Panjshir Resistance

AFP Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN. The Panjshir valley about three hours drive north of Kabul has a mythical hold on the Afghan imagination.


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Panjshir resistance. In the Panjshir Valley literally the valley of five lions Massoud built a guerrilla resistance against the communists. But Panjshir meaning five lions in Persian is a natural fortress. 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.

Massouds National Resistance Front has vowed to combat the Taliban from Panjshir which repelled both Soviet forces and the Taliban in the 1980s and. Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN AFP. 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.

The Talibans lightning offensive which began immediately after President Joe Bidens announcement of withdrawal on April 14 2021 has resulted in a near total takeover of 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. Panjshir is about 65 kilometers away from Kabul and is on the northern side.

However resistance to the Taliban rule has emerged in the remote and mountainous province of Panjshir. 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. The Panjshir Valley remains the main focus of resistance to the Talibans advance in Afghanistan.

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. It is still dotted with. There are conflicting reports of fierce fighting between forces led by Amrullah Saleh and Ahmed Massoud and the Taliban near Panjshir the last pocket of resistance against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

With a request to all friends for support Afghan commando Sarfaraz on Thursday arrived in Panjshir to intensify RESISTANCE 20. PANJSHIR VALLEY AFGHANISTAN AFP - Atop a craggy mountain that has withstood foreign invaders for decades anti-Taleban fighters fire a mounted heavy machine gun into a deep valley. This is the last bastion of resistance to Taliban rule in Afghanistan.

Pockets of resistance have already sprung up in the Panjshir Valley which is not yet under Taliban control. 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. After the Soviets came to Afghanistan in 1979 Panjshir emerged the hotbed.

Panjshir Province is now the stronghold against the Taliban. 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. The Taliban militants have taken nearly every scrap of land in the country over the past fortnight.

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. Every rifle scope is trained on the people who wish to enter. Panjshir valley and the last resistance to.

Leaders there are attempting to rally support among the population to resist what many. The Panjshir resistance is the most prominent opposition to emerge since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan Photo. They are members of the National Resistance Front NRF.

It is a natural fortress a. There are mountains in the province and serve as a natural fortress. Panjshir Afghanistans valley of resistance The Panjshir Valley girded on either side by steep mountains has been known as a hub for resistance.

Sources informed that Talibans Banu district chief was reportedly killed along with three of. 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.


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