![]() ![]() I don’t know if the Taliban is going to be able to consolidate power and establish governance,” Milley told Fox News on Saturday from Ramstein Air Base in Germany. “My military estimate is, is that the conditions are likely to develop of a civil war. United States General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscored the tenuous situation in Panjshir. Taliban and resistance tweets suggested the key district of Paryan had changed hands several times in the last few days, but that also could not be independently verified. “The resistance is continuing and will continue.” ![]() “The situation is difficult, we have been under invasion,” Saleh said in a video message. In Panjshir, former Vice-President Amrullah Saleh, holed out alongside Ahmad Massoud – the son of anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Massoud – admitted the perilous position of the NRF. The bullets can also harm civilians, don’t shoot in vain.” “The weapons and bullets given to you are public property. “Avoid firing in the air and thank God instead,” said chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, tipped to become the new regime’s information minister. The Emergency Hospital in Kabul said two people were killed and 20 wounded by the salvos, as the Taliban tweeted a stern admonishment warning its fighters to stop. “Demining and offensives are both going on at the same time,” the source said.įacing the challenge of morphing from rebels to rulers, the Taliban appears determined to snuff out the Panjshir resistance before announcing who will lead the country in the aftermath of Monday’s US troop withdrawal, which was supposed to end two decades of war.īut Panjshir, which held out for nearly a decade against the Soviet Union’s occupation and also the Taliban’s first rule from 1996 to 2001, is stubbornly holding out.įighters from the NRF – made up of anti-Taliban militia and former Afghan security forces – are understood to have stockpiled a significant armoury in the valley, 80km (50 miles) north of Kabul and guarded by a narrow gorge.Ĭelebratory gunfire rang out in the capital Kabul overnight as rumours spread that the valley had fallen. “The defence of the stronghold of Afghanistan is unbreakable,” Fahim Dashty said in a tweet on Saturday.Ī Taliban source said fighting was continuing in Panjshir but the advance had been slowed by landmines placed on the road to the capital Bazarak and the provincial governor’s compound. Fighting was reported between the Taliban and resistance forces in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, the last region of the country holding out against the armed group.Ī spokesman for the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan, which groups opposition forces loyal to local leader Ahmad Massoud, said Taliban forces reached the Darband heights on the border between Kapisa province and Panjshir but were pushed back. ![]()
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