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2021-09-02 Afghanistan
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Fighting Continues Between Taliban, Resistance Forces
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[ToloNews] Fighting is ongoing between Taliban
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fighters and the forces of a resistance front lead by Ahmad Massoud in Panjshir province.
The Taliban confirmed that the fighting has been ongoing for two days and both sides have suffered casualties.
"Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate were attacked from some circles in Panjshir who bluff and say they will resist. The Mujahideen reacted to the attack and as a result the other side has suffered heavy casualties," said Anaamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban's cultural commission.
Residents at the front lines in the Nasaji-Gulbahar area, which is just outside of Panjshir valley, say the fighting resumed last night and is still ongoing.
According to locals, most of the people have fled the area.
"The fighting started at 10pm last night and is still going on," said Baba Shirin, a resident of the area.
Members of the resistance front, meanwhile, said that they pushed back the Taliban attack on Panjshir and that the Taliban has suffered heavy casualties.
"In the past 40 hours the Taliban launched some offensives on Khawak from the Andarab valley of Baghlan. From our side, there were local forces of various districts of Andarab, local forces of Panjshir as well as the ANSDF forces. They fought back very well; they defeated the Taliban on that front. The Taliban lost 40 of their personnel, another 35 of them were maimed," said Fahim Dashti, a front man of the resistance front.
The Taliban denied attacking Panjshir, saying that their forces were attacked by Massoud supporters and that they only responded to the attack.
Amid the ongoing fighting, Amir Khan Muttaqi, a Taliban leader, said on Wednesday that the talks between both sides have failed so far.
He said, however, that the Taliban still wants to resolve the issue peacefully.
Islam means surrender, after which there is peace, of a sort.
Al Ahram adds:
"Perhaps they wanted to try their luck," NRF official Fahim Dashti said in a video posted Tuesday by the US broadcaster Voice of America's Dari language service. "By the grace of God, luck wasn't on their side."
Dashti reported seven or eight Taliban fighters were killed in Monday's clashes along with one or two resistance fighters.
The Panjshir has immense symbolic value in Afghanistan as the area that has resisted occupation by invaders.
"We defended it during the era of the Russians, the era of the British, the previous era of the Taliban we will continue to defend it," one fighter said.
Ahmad Massoud, one of the NRF's leaders, is the son of the late guerrilla commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was dubbed the "Lion of Panjshir" for holding out, first against Soviet and then Taliban forces.
The valley has limited entry points and its geography offers a natural military advantage defending units can use high positions to effectively target attacking forces.
ANTICIPATING ASSAULT
This week, Panjshir fighters held military training in a show of force, with men carrying heavy logs on their shoulders crossing chest-deep icy rivers.
Above their armoured vehicles and over their bases fluttered their flag, a challenge to the Taliban's white banner now hauled up across the rest of the country.
Many Afghans are terrified of a repeat of the Taliban's initial rule from 1996 to 2001, which was infamous for their treatment of girls and women, as well as a brutal justice system.
The NRF has set up machine gun nests, mortars and surveillance posts fortified with sandbags in anticipation of a Taliban assault.
Communications are difficult with the valley, with Taliban forces on three sides. Internet into Panjshir has been on and off repeatedly in recent days.
Meanwhile,
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a front man for the Massoud’s resistance movement, Fahim Dashti, said the Taliban attacked from three directions over the last two nights but without achieving any progress.
"More than a dozen Taliban [fighters] have been killed and more than seven others maimed," ToloNews quoted him as saying.
The Taliban had announced two weeks ago that hundreds of their fighters were heading to Panjshir to control the province.
Meanwhile, the Taliban claim to have taken Shutul district of Panjshir province and have also killed ten resistance forces.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has also said that the fighters have seized three military tanks and some weaponry.
It comes as the Taliban has previously said their negotiations with tribal elders and religious scholars of Panjshir province have gone in vain.
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