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War in Afghanistan: Massacre of 300 Taliban & Capture of 1,000

This victory marks the beginning of a civil war in the troubled country as it shows that there is strong resistance against the Taliban which, if given the right help, could change the situation on the ground.

We now have the official involvement of Tajik forces, which could lead to Taliban attacks on the country, blowing up the Central Asian region. There are reports that there is also involvement of Uzbekistan.

The Taliban tried to seize the Panjshir Valley but failed.

The Northern Alliance amassed 12,000 troops

The Taliban handed over an ultimatum to the “Northern Alliance” forces and their leader, Ahmad Massoud, in order to surrender within 4 hours.

Reports indicate that the forces of the Northern Alliance have greatly increased, reaching 12,000 men. It is essentially the former Afghan army reorganizing in the Panjshir Valley as the National Resistance Front or “Northern Alliance”.

This did not happen and the Taliban tried to attack from two directions towards the Panjshir Valley.

Northern Alliance forces control a strategic passage in the region. This crossing connects northern Afghanistan with the south of the country. A highway connects Kabul with Kunduz through the area.

The Taliban have mobilized forces in the area from the northern city of Puli-Khumr, the administrative center of Baghlan district.

300 Taliban killed in 3 hours

Immediately after the ultimatum expired, the Taliban were massacred. About 300-350 were killed in the next 3 hours. Many Pakistanis are among the dead Taliban.

The Taliban were ambushed in the Andarab Baghlan region. There, 2,000 Taliban men were injured and 1,000 were trapped in the Salang area of ​​Panjhir after the Doshakh bridge was blown up.

Several retreated, including Taliban leader Qari Fasih Salahuddin.

In one week, the Taliban have lost 1,000 men in clashes in disputed areas. At the same time the injured amount to several thousand.

“The Taliban have probably forgotten that they do not control the whole of Afghanistan. They have overestimated their power resulting in heavy losses. Ahmad Massoud’s army reaches 12,000.

“Its number is clearly smaller, but due to the fragmentation of Taliban forces throughout Afghanistan, they can even move to Kabul and recapture it,” a military source said.

The Northern Alliance forces now have armor, several helicopters, artillery and mortars.

Military involvement of Tajikistan

Tajikistan has begun stepping up Northern Alliance forces in the Panjshir Valley against the Taliban.

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan’s support for the National Front or Northern Alliance forces is perhaps the most important development this week.

Tajikistan’s defense ministry has reportedly begun supplying weapons, ammunition, food and even helicopters to its National Front forces.

“An air bridge has been set up between Tajikistan and Panjshir where fighting with the Taliban is taking place. For the first time, Tajik helicopters delivered weapons, ammunition and other useful materials to the National Front forces,” Tajik media reported.

The same source emphasizes that even a direct military strike by Tajikistan against Taliban forces is not ruled out.

Tajikistan has handed over 15 light aircraft and helicopters to the forces of Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Massoud. Among the helicopters are Mi-17 and Mi-8.

Source: Vassilis Kapoulas – WAR NEWS 24/7`

Notes:

The Northern Alliance, officially known as the United Islamic National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (Dari: جبهه متحد اسلامی ملی برای نجات افغانستان‎ Jabha-yi Muttahid-i Islāmi-yi Millī barāyi Nijāt-i Afghānistān), was a military alliance of rebel groups that operated between late 1996 to 2001 after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) took over Kabul. The United Front was originally assembled by key leaders of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, particularly president Burhanuddin Rabbani and former Defense Minister Ahmad Shah Massoud. Initially it included mostly Tajiks but by 2000, leaders of other ethnic groups had joined the Northern Alliance. This included Karim Khalili, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Abdullah Abdullah, Mohammad Mohaqiq, Abdul Qadir, Asif Mohseni, Amrullah Saleh and others.

The Northern Alliance fought a defensive war against the Taliban government.

They received support from India, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, while the Taliban were extensively backed by the Pakistan Army and Inter-Services Intelligence.

By 2001 the Northern Alliance controlled less than 10% of the country, cornered in the north-east and based in Badakhshan province. The US invaded Afghanistan, providing support to Northern Alliance troops on the ground in a two-month war against the Taliban, which they won in December 2001. With the Taliban forced from control of the country, the Northern Alliance was dissolved as members and parties supported the new Afghan Interim Administration, with some members later becoming part of the Karzai administration.

Amidst the Fall of Kabul in 2021, former Northern Alliance leaders and other anti-Taliban figures have regrouped as the Second Resistance.

Following a complete takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban in 2021, a Panjshir resistance force, led by Ahmad Massoud, son of late Afghan politician Ahmad Shah Massoud, and Vice President Amrullah Saleh started gathering strength in Panjshir Valley.

The flag of the ‘Northern Alliance’ or the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan was hoisted for the first time since 2001 in Panjshir valley signalling their return.

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