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Negotiations fail, Panjshiris to continue fighting Taliban

Source: ANI   -  Edited By: Utkarsh Mishra
September 02, 2021 12:44 IST
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The resistance forces in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Panjshir said on Wednesday that they would continue fighting the Taliban as their negotiations did not lead to any results, Sputnik reported.

 

IMAGE: Anti-Taliban resistance troops walk in Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan. Photograph: Aamaj News Agency via Reuters

The Taliban on Wednesday said that the negotiations with the leaders of the Panjshir province have gone in vain as it is the only province that is still out of the Taliban's reach in the country.

Taliban's commission for guidance and encouragement's head Mullah Amir Khan Motaqi said that negotiations with the tribal elders and leaders failed and asked the people of Panjshir province to motivate their leaders, Afghanistan's Khaama Press reported.

The Panjshir valley lies in the Hindu Kush mountains, approximately 90 miles north of Kabul.

The Taliban have been unable to take this major holdout of resistance after steamrolling across pro-government troops in a matter of months.

The situation in Afghanistan has been deteriorating after the Taliban seized control of the war-ravaged country on August 15.

Ahmad Massoud (the son of famous Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud and one of the leaders of the resistance against the Taliban) and Amrullah Saleh (former Afghan government first vice president) are presently in Panjshir valley and trying to mount a challenge to the Taliban.

Motaqi has stressed that the occupation has ended and it is the great pride for entire Afghanistan but people in Panjshir province are still against the Taliban.

On August 15, the Taliban captured Kabul soon after President Ashraf Ghani fled the nation.

So far, the Taliban have controlled all the regions apart from the Panjshir province.

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Source: ANI  -  Edited By: Utkarsh Mishra