( Reuters)-The son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, one of the main leaders of Afghanistan's anti-Soviet resistance in the 1980s, has pledged to hold out against the Taliban from his stronghold in the Panjshir valley.In a Washington Post editorial, Ahmad Massoud, the 32-year-old son of the former mujahideen commander, said members of the Afghan military including some from the elite Special Forces units had rallied to his cause and he appealed to the West for help." We have stores of ammunition and arms t

Open this photo in gallery Taliban soldiers stand in front of protesters during the anti-Pakistan protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept.... WANA NEWS AGENCY/ ReutersPanjshiri leader Ahmad Shah Massoud and former Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh have not fled Afghanistan and their resistance forces are still fighting the Taliban, the ousted Afghan government’s ambassador to Tajikistan said on Wednesday. Zahir Aghbar, envoy to Dushanbe under the government of ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghan

A short video showed a column of captured trucks with the white Taliban flag but still bearing their government markings moving along a highway.Mr.... Massoud he said he had not organized the operation which he said had been carried out by local militia groups reacting to “ brutality ” in the area.Mr.... Massoud’s forces will be able to resist for long without outside support. Story continues below advertisementHe said his forces, which one aide said numbered more than 6, 000, would need inter

DUBAI( Reuters)-The son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was one of the main leaders of Afghanistan's anti-Soviet resistance in the 1980s, said he will not surrender areas under his control to the Taliban, Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV channel cited him as saying on Sunday. Ahmad Massoud called on the formation of a comprehensive government to rule the country with the participation of the Taliban, warning that war will be" unavoidable" if the insurgents refuse dialogue, the TV channel said.( Reporting by

( Reuters)-The Taliban have taken complete control of Panjshir province, the last area in Afghanistan being held by resistance forces, the Islamist militant group's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said on Monday.... Pictures on social media showed Taliban members standing in front of the gate of the Panjshir provincial governor’s compound. There was no immediate word from Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the opposition group resisting Taliban forces.( Reporting by Kabul bureau; Writing by Raju Gopal

( Reuters)-The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting. Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan( NRFA), made the announcement on the group's Facebook page.... Earlier, Taliban forces said they had fought their way into the provincial capital of Panjshir after securing the surrounding districts." The

( Reuters)-Ahmad Massoud, leader of Afghanistan's last major outpost of anti-Taliban resistance, said on Sunday he hoped to hold peaceful talks with the Islamist movement that seized power in Kabul a week ago but that his forces were ready to fight." We want to make the Taliban realise that the only way forward is through negotiation," he told Reuters by telephone from his stronghold in the Panjshir valley northwest of Kabul, where he has gathered forces made up of remnants of regular army units

“ People are leaving the areas because of the fighting, ” said one, who asked not to be named. Another said NRF fighters set a Taliban vehicle alight.A local Taliban commander confirmed there was fighting with NRF fighters.... “ But we have not been surrounded or ambushed, ” Dad Mohammad Batar said. Published in Dawn, May 8th, 2022....

Following the Taliban’s claims they had taken control of Panjshir, the last rebel stronghold in Afghanistan, rebel officials refuted reports they had collapsed.... To fight for your religion, your dignity, your nation.“ Nothing is morehonourable.“ My family from Balkh to Panjshir are resisting, theTaliban are out to kill our families, either going door to door or in Panjshir!... He added: “ There is no doubt we are in a difficult situation....

Throngs rushed toward certain entrances, only to be met by Taliban troops who beat people back and fired their rifles into the air.... Saleh is in the northeastern Panjshir Valley, a stronghold of resistance to the Soviet Union in the 1980s and to the Taliban a decade later.... He is allied with a regional leader, Ahmad Massoud, whose father, Ahmad Shah Massoud, was the leading anti-Taliban commander a generation ago, until he was assassinated two days before the Sept....