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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 6:34:42 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 6:41:30 GMT -7
Watch this video of Press agency AFP on YouTube
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 6:48:18 GMT -7
Interesting video because of the words of that Grey bearded Tajik leader
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 6:54:39 GMT -7
Old video but interesting due to the description of resistance leader Ahmad Massoud. Watch from 4:50
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 7:01:10 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 7:03:00 GMT -7
WION (World is One News) is an Indian multinational English language news channel headquartered in New Delhi. It is owned by the Essel Group and is part of the Zee Media network of channels.
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 7:25:48 GMT -7
WION (World is One News) is an Indian multinational English language news channel headquartered in New Delhi. It is owned by the Essel Group and is part of the Zee Media network of channels.Anti-Taliban forces train in Panjshir Valley: A challenge for the Taliban in AfghanistanAfghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces took part in a military training in Panjshir province on August 30, 2021. See pictures here: Afghan resistance movementAfghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces took part in military training in Panjshir province on August 30, 2021, as they have vowed to continue their fight against the Taliban. (Photograph:AFP)Military training in Panjshir provinceSome members of the anti-Taliban forces were seen in photos taking part in rigorous military training with logs of wood over their back. Some were seen carrying weapons, such as rifles.
(Photograph:AFP)What's next after the US left?Following the withdrawal of the last US troops, marking the end of a 20-year war that left the Islamist group stronger than it was in 2001, the future of the country remains uncertain with members of the Taliban spotted wielding guns and roaming the streets.
(Photograph:AFP)Clashes in Panjshir ValleySoon after the US left, some reports have stated that Taliban forces clashed with militia fighters in the Panjshir Valley north of the Afghan capital Kabul.
(Photograph:AFP)'...never surrender but open to negotiations'However, the leader of a resistance movement to the Taliban had earlier said to never surrender but is open to negotiations with the new rulers of Afghanistan, according to an interview published by Paris Match on Wednesday (August 25).
(Photograph:AFP)Ahmad Massoud on resistance forcesAhmad Massoud, the son of legendary Afghan rebel commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, retreated to his native Panjshir Valley along with former vice-president Amrullah Saleh.
(Photograph:AFP)Source: www.wionews.com/photos/anti-taliban-forces-train-in-panjshir-valley-a-challenge-for-the-taliban-in-afghanistan-409769#we-can-talk-in-all-wars-there-are-talks-409760
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 7:34:35 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 7:52:39 GMT -7
The leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan Ahmad Massoud addressing his men
A group of anti-Taliban resistance fighters brandishing rifles and rocket-propelled grenades gathered at the tomb of former guerrilla commander Ahmad Shah Massoud in Afghanistan’s northeastern Panjshir province in mid-August.
This footage shows dozens of men wielding an array of weapons as they stand in the courtyard of the tomb of Ahmad Shah Massoud, a military commander who was assassinated by Al Qaeda in 2001.
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 7:54:50 GMT -7
Republic TV is a free-to-air Indian right-wing news channel launched in May 2017. It was co-founded by Arnab Goswami and Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 7:59:25 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 8:25:20 GMT -7
"If we die in the resistance, it is a win for us, history will write about us, as people who stood for their country till the end of the line," says Fahim Dashty, the official spokesperson of National Resistance Front of Afghanistan. He adds that resistance leader Ahmad Massoud was offered a role by the Taliban in the new government, which was turned down.
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 8:55:47 GMT -7
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The Taliban are now in control of Afghanistan. But there are reports that resistance forces are involved in heavy clashes with the Taliban in Panjshir Valley. Omar Samad who served as the Afghan Ambassador to France and Canada shares with the Heat what he has learned.
CGTN America is the American division of China Global Television Network (CGTN), the international division of the state-owned media organization China Central Television (CCTV), the headquarters of which is in Beijing, China. It is one of six international language news channels run by CGTN, under the control of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. CGTN America is based in Washington, D.C. and manages bureaus in North and South America. CGTN America began broadcasting in the United States on 6 February 2012, replacing the former English language CCTV-9 in the region.
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 9:52:36 GMT -7
NEWSAfghan resistance group vows to keep fighting TalibanThe head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan has said his fighters will not give up the battle for the holdout province of Panjshir. Rumors spread that the region has fallen to the Taliban.A anti-Taliban Tajik Resistance fighter of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan in the mountains surrounding the Panjshir ValleyThe leader of a resistance faction fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan's last holdout province announced Saturday that they would continue fighting.
The statement by the head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan Ahmad Massoud came in apparent response to unconfirmed reports that Panjshir — north of the capital Kabul — had fallen to the hardline Islamists.
The Taliban also claim they are on the verge of forming a new government after seizing Kabul on August 15.What did Ahmad Massoud say?Ahmad Massoud with his militia in Panjshir valley. (Photo credit: Twitter)"We will never give up the fight for God, freedom and justice," Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, wrote on Facebook.
"The fight, like Panjshir, who has stood strong until now and ... shows that people have not given up on their demands and fight for the truth," he added.
"Our people will never get tired of trusting God and will move forward to building a prosperous, free and independent Afghanistan."
Massoud is the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, a major opposition figure against the Taliban's previous regime, who was killed in a suicide bombing just two days before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.Has Panjshir fallen to the Taliban?National Resistance Front forces are seen on a mountain top near the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan [Handout via Reuters]Sources close to the Taliban claimed Friday that they had seized the Panjshir Valley, but it was not immediately possible to verify the claim.
US public broadcaster NPR cited another National Resistance Front spokesperson, Ali Nazary, as denying the capture, calling the rumors "propaganda."
The Panjshir Valley "has not been breached," Nazary said from a location in the US. "The Taliban are facing fierce resistance."
Franz Marty, a journalist in Kabul, told DW on said Saturday the Taliban had made no official declaration of victory, although there was some celebratory gunfire in Kabul.
"No one has confirmed this officially and resistance leaders have denied it," Marty said. "It's difficult to confirm the situation inside the valley because they have switched off the phone networks, so my contacts are unreachable."Who is the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan?Tajik anti-Taliban fighters of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan in the Panjshir valleyThe group is an alliance of anti-Taliban fighters loyal to the ousted government run out by the Islamist group nearly three weeks ago.
The faction has de-facto control over Panjshir, the only province in Afghanistan that is not under Taliban rule.
The group is engaged in fierce fighting to retain control of the province.
Afghanistan's TOLO TV cited ousted Afghan vice president Amrullah Saleh, who has claimed the role of acting president, as saying the fighting in recent days had been intense and fighters on both sides had died.
Meanwhile, brief talks to try and find a peaceful solution have failed.
Tajik anti-Taliban fighters of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan in the Panjshir valley
The Taliban has offered Massoud a position within their government, but he has rejected it, according to Fahim Dashti, a spokesman for the resistance organization.
The group is demanding the fair political participation of all ethnic groups as well as the protection of women's rights, freedom of speech, and elections.Tajik anti-Taliban fighters of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan in the Panjshir valleyWhen will the Taliban announce a new government?Taliban fighters in AfghanistanThe Taliban are due to form a government within days, perhaps as early as this weekend.
The Islamists face the enormous challenge of shifting gears from insurgents to a governing power of a war-ravaged country that is heavily reliant on international aid.
Qatar's ambassador to Afghanistan said Saturday that Kabul airport was able to be reopened for international assistance, according to Doha-based news channel Al Jazeera.
Both AP and Reuters news agencies also reported Saturday that Faiz Hameed, the head of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency, visited Kabul to possibly assist the Taliban in reorganizing the Afghan military.Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan.The Taliban have promised an inclusive government that represents Afghanistan's complex ethnic makeup and under a less extreme form of Islam than when they last ruled the country from 1996 to 2001.
Taliban leaders have repeatedly declared that they will not carry out revenge attacks on opponents and that women will have access to education and some employment.
But many Afghans are deeply skeptical and fear a rollback of rights gained over the last two decades.
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Post by pieter on Sept 4, 2021 13:25:13 GMT -7
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