Published 00:07 IST, September 4th 2021

'Resistance nom de guerre of all here': Amrullah Saleh, still in Panjshir, slams Taliban

Afghanistan's caretaker President Amrullah Saleh said that he is still in Panjshir. He reported intensified fighting between Taliban and Afghan Resistance

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Amid ongoing war between Taliban terrorists and rrn Resistance Forces, Afghanistan's caretaker President Amrullah Saleh while speaking to TOLO news confirmed that he is still in Panjshir. Saleh also reported intensified fighting between Taliban and Afghanistan resistance force. " Resistance is continuing and will continue. I am here with my soil, for my soil and defending its dignity," Saleh said in a tweet, defying claims made by Taliban that he had fled country. 

Amrullah Saleh on Taliban brutality

Afghanistan's caretaker President Amrullah Saleh has lashed out at Taliban for blocking humanitarian access to Panjshir. Taking to Twitter, Saleh lambasted Taliban, accusing m of committing war crimes and having regard for International Humanitarian Law.

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Saleh also stated that Taliban is doing racial profiling and using 'military men' of Panjshir as mine clearance tools and forcing m to walk on minefields, apart from blocking phone lines, electricity and access to medicines. He called on United Nations and or world leaders to take te of "criminal and terrorist behaviour of Talibs."

Resistance Forces pound Taliban terrorists

It was earlier said that Amrullah Saleh and rrn Alliance leader Ahmad Massoud had fled Panjshir to take refuge in Tajikistan, however, Republic Media Network's sources from resistance were first to clarify that both leaders are safe and very much present in Panjshir Valley. 

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Moreover,  rrn Resistance Forces have liberated Charikar, capital of Parwan province and Salang, a strategic location, from clutches of Taliban. Salang is said to be important as it lies on Afghanistan-Uzbekistan highway, thus giving a strategic advant to rrn Resistance Forces. Earlier during  day, Republic Media Network's reporter on ground had also stated that several Taliban terrorists had been admitted to hospital following violent clash with Resistance Forces. This comes on a day when Taliban is preparing to formally anunce its government.

Although Taliban is equipped with a huge cache of weapons including automatic assault rifles, rocket launchers, hand grenades along with military transporters left by US after its hasty exit from Afghanistan, rrn Alliance led by Ahmad Massoud has been holding bastion at Panjshir despite being short on supplies, arms and ammunition and making it difficult for Taliban to breach Panjshir. 

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Though Taliban claims to be a changed entity, mayhem by its terrorists continues on ground, depicting a contrasting picture to claims made.  Taliban had offered to pardon everyone including government workers and Afghan Military personnel, however, situation on ground has been visibly different from claims made by Taliban as several military personnel were brutally killed by Taliban terrorists in broad daylight. Led by Ahmad Massoud and Amrullah Saleh, rrn Resistance forces continue to defend Panjshir and it remains only province free from Taliban's rule.

(Im: AP, Twitter-@TOLONews)

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00:07 IST, September 4th 2021