DAccording to reports, the radical Islamic Taliban and their opponents fought fiercely in the Punjir Valley on Friday. A spokesperson for the anti-Islamist resistance movement stated that the forces led by Taliban opponent Ahmed Masood fought fiercely with the Taliban.
On Friday night, people could hear joyous voices as rumors that the Taliban had conquered the Panjir Valley spread in Kabul.A resident of the valley denied this Agence France-Presse News Agency Use the phone.
Fortress of Resistance
The video circulated on Twitter accounts loyal to the Taliban, apparently showing tanks and other heavy military equipment captured by the Taliban in the valley. Both parties reported on Twitter that the important Paryan area has been temporarily occupied by the Taliban. These reports cannot be independently verified.
The Panjir Valley was a stronghold against the Taliban in the 1990s and never fell under the control of Islamists. After the Taliban came to power again three weeks ago, under the leadership of the son of the legendary Afghan warlord and Taliban opponent Ahmed Shah Massoud, another resistance movement formed in the valley.
Ahmed Massud’s father fought the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, and he fought Islamists during the Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001. On September 9, 2001, he was killed by two suicide bombers from the Al-Qaida terrorist network-an attack in the United States two days ago led to an international military operation in Afghanistan.
In view of the imminent humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, the United Nations announced the convening of a high-level assistance meeting for the country. As the World Organization announced on Friday in New York, the ministerial meeting will be held in Geneva on September 13 and will be attended by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “The meeting will seek to increase funding quickly so that life-saving humanitarian operations can continue,” it said.according to A sort of Otherwise, the country will face the threat of humanitarian disaster, as the Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) feared in the coming winter.
Almost half of the 38 million people in Afghanistan need humanitarian assistance. According to the United Nations, one-third of Afghans do not know where their next meal will come from. It is estimated that in the next 12 months, nearly half of children under five will be severely malnourished.
Guterres In view of the severe drought in Afghanistan and the upcoming severe winter, the organization has recently called for the delivery of more food, temporary accommodation and medical supplies to the country as a matter of urgency. He called on all relevant personnel to ensure that all humanitarian workers have safe and unhindered access to important relief supplies. The United Nations stated that the World Food Program’s food reserves should last until the end of September.
