With armed resistance across the country, Afghan fighters regained territory from the Taliban

• Resistance movements against the Taliban are rising all over Afghanistan.
• According to reports, anti-Taliban fighters have retaken territory from rebels in Baghlan Province.
• The son of the former vice president and jihadist hero also led the resistance movement in the Panjshir Valley.
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According to reports, Afghan resistance fighters regained territory from the Taliban on Friday and killed dozens of militants when armed resistance emerged across the country.

On Friday, General Bismillah Mohammadi, a former Afghan government official Tweet Control of three areas in the northeastern part of Baghlan Province: Hesar Bridge, De Salah and Benoy.

Shows a map of Baghlan Province, Afghanistan.

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“The resistance movement is still alive,” he wrote on Twitter.

Videos and images from the province show that Afghan fighters took off the white flag of the Taliban and replaced it with the tricolor flag of Afghanistan.

There are conflicting reports on the number of Taliban casualties during the offensive.

According to reports, a tweet from a pro-Taliban account stated that 15 Taliban fighters were killed and 15 injured after the rebels were betrayed for offering amnesty to locals. According to reports Washington post.

“Everyone who commits this crime must be killed. The door to conversation has been closed,” the tweet said.

“We ignited historic events in Afghanistan,” Sediqullah Shuja, a 28-year-old former Afghan soldier, told the Washington Post. “The Taliban fighters have armored vehicles, but people threw stones at the Taliban fighters and drove them out.”

“As long as we are still alive,” he told the newspaper, “we do not accept Taliban rule.”

Baghlan’s offensive appeared to be different from another resistance movement in the Panjshir Valley in north-central Afghanistan, which was led by the son of the former vice president and jihadist hero.

Ahmed Masood, son of the famous jihadist leader Ahmed Shah Masood, and the recently defeated Vice President of the Afghan government, Amrullah Saleh, have pledged to lead the fight against the Taliban.

Panjshir is the only province out of the 34 provinces in Afghanistan that is not controlled by the Taliban, and is rapidly becoming the center of the resistance movement.

Although the Panjshir Valley is surrounded by Taliban-controlled territory, its rocky terrain and natural mountain defenses make it difficult to conquer.

In a review article Washington post, Masood wrote: “I am writing in the Panjshir Valley today, ready to follow in my father’s footsteps and prepare to fight the Taliban again.”

During the Soviet-African War in the 1980s, Masood’s father was famous for defending the valley from the Soviets.

The jihadist hero who earned the nickname “Lion of Panjshir” also led the Northern Alliance against the Taliban until he was assassinated by Al Qaeda two days before 9/11.

Former Vice President Saleh said that Senior Masood was his hero and made a public promise to continue to resist the Taliban.

Saleh wrote on Twitter: “I will never, never, under any circumstances bow my head to the Talib terrorists.” “I will not disappoint the millions who listen to me. I will never Will be under the same ceiling with the Taliban. Never.”

-Amrullah Saleh (@AmrullahSaleh2) August 15, 2021

Videos and images of the former vice president and junior Masood boarding the helicopter have also appeared on social media.

-Sudhir Chaudhary (@sudhirchaudhary) August 16, 2021

According to reports, Ahmed Masood has been appearing at gatherings around Panjshir. era, Raise support and talk about the obstacles to peace talks with the Taliban.

At the same time, Saleh has become the caretaker president of Afghanistan, following the president Ashraf Ghani fled the country And exile.

The newspaper reported that his claims appeared to be in line with the Constitution.

According to The Times, Saleh is a former intelligence chief who worked closely with senior Masood and became an important ally of the Americans after the 9/11 incident.

It remains to be seen whether the resistance led by Saleh and Masood will succeed in hitting the Taliban.

The militants took control of other parts of Afghanistan in a full-scale offensive, and eventually captured Kabul on Sunday, often The Afghan army hardly resisted.

On Wednesday, August 19, Afghanistan usually celebrates its independence day from British rule, and peaceful protests against the Taliban have also taken place across the country, including Kabul.

The image shows Afghans, including women and children, waving their tricolor flag.

“Our flag, our identity,” they shouted, according to Reuters.

According to reports, the Taliban Shooting at peaceful protesters, Killed a few people.

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