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Afghanistan: Heavy fighting reported between Taliban and resistance forces in Panjshir
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Afghanistan: Heavy fighting reported between Taliban and resistance forces in Panjshir

| @indiablooms | 23 Aug 2021, 05:04 pm

Kabul/UNI: Heavy fighting was reported between the Taliban and the forces of Ahmad Massoud in Panjshir in northeastern Afghanistan on Monday, where Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself the caretaker President, is holding out against takeover by the Taliban.

Videos on social media showed many casualties lined up inside a truck.

The Taliban and the resistance forces have both suffered casualties, according to reports.

Taliban spokesperson Zabehullah Mojahid in tweets said that they have retaken Banu, Pol-e-Hesar and Deh Salah districts of Baghlan, while the Taliban has surrounded the forces of Massoud, who is the son of late Afghan leader Ahmad Shah Massoud.

“Banu, Pol-e-Hesar and Deh Salah districts of Baghlan were completely cleared of the evil enemy. The Mojahedin are established near Badjanshan, Takhar and Andarab near Panjshir. The Salang Highway is open and the enemy is besieged inside Panjshir. The Islamic Emirate is trying to resolve the issue peacefully,” the Taliban spokesperson said.

Earlier, Saleh had tweeted that the Taliban have massed their forces near the entrance of Panshir, after they got trapped in ambush zones in neighbouring Andarab valley.

He said that the resistance forces have closed the Salang Highway, a major mountainous pass.

“Talibs have massed forces near the entrance of Panjshir a day after they got trapped in ambush zones of neighboring Andarab valley and hardly went out in one piece.

Meanwhile Salang highway is closed by the forces of the Resistance.

"There are terrains to be avoided". See you,” said Saleh in a tweet.

Meanwhile, according to reports, the Taliban have issued a last warning to Massoud of the Northern Alliance to surrender. They have asked him to negotiate with them or face attacks by the Taliban.

According to reports, the Taliban supply line has been destroyed in Salang by the resistance forces and that many Taliban have been killed and wounded.

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