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Afghanistan
Guerrilla Attacks in Panjshir; Both Sides Allege Casualties
2022-09-16
[KhaamaPress] Both the Ahmad Massoud-led National Resistance® Front (NRF) and the Taliban
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government allege that the Panjshir conflicts and guerrilla attacks carried out by their respective forces in northern Afghanistan resulted in losses on the opposing side.

According to the Taliban government front man Zabihullah Mujahid, during an operation in Panjshir province in northern Afghanistan, the group’s forces killed at least 40 members of the NRF and detained another 101.

The Taliban official stated in a tweet on the 13th of September that 4 NRF commanders are among those who have been killed by the Taliban forces.

The NRF forces, "intended to disrupt the people’s security, but they were repelled and stopped," according to Zabihullah Mujahid."

However,
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Sibghatullah Ahmadi, the NRF’s front man, asserts that during the fight in Panjshir province, 41 Taliban members were killed. He also acknowledged the deaths of 11 members of the front.

According to Ahmadi, 32 members of the Taliban’s Omari and Badri special units were murdered on Saturday. He said that three resistance fighters suffered injuries on this day as well.

"The criminal Taliban once again stood against all Islamic values, humanitarian principles & the 3rd Geneva Convention on (the Treatment of Prisoners of War), & committed a war crime again by shooting & martyring eight of the proud forces of the [NRF] after they were captured," Ahmadi tweeted on Tuesday, September 13.

The BBC, meanwhile, was told by the Taliban front man that the casualties were inflicted on the opposing side on the battlefield, refuting extrajudicial killing and the killing of prisoners claims.
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Panjshir: 2022-09-13 NRF claims repelling of Taliban’s attack killing 32 Taliban fighters
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Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Taliban once again stood against all Islamic values, humanitarian principles & the 3rd Geneva Convention

What nonsense. None of those things go together.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-09-16 17:41  

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