Posted on 08/19/2021 7:20:39 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
While the Taliban now controls virtually all of Afghanistan, including the country's capital, Kabul, one region, the Panjshir Valley, remains outside of the group's tightening grip. Now, a resistance movement is forming there, led by, among others, Amrullah Saleh, who had been First Vice President of Afghanistan until the collapse of the internationally-recognized government this past weekend, and now claims to be the legitimate leader of the country.
Yesterday, in a post on Twitter, Saleh declared himself "the legitimate care taker [sic] President," citing the constitution of the now all-but-defunct Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which says the First Vice President assumes this role "in absence, escape, resignation or death of the President." The Islamic Republic's last President, Ashraf Ghani, fled the country as the Taliban advanced toward Kabul and unconfirmed rumors are swirling that he and his entourage escaped with $169 million in cash. His whereabouts were uncertain until today, when officials in the United Arab Emirates confirmed he was in their country, having been allowed in on "humanitarian grounds."
Ahmad Massoud is the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who fought against the Soviets in the 1970s and 1980s and then against the Taliban in the 1990s. The elder Massoud, who became known as the "Lion of Panjshir," was a prominent member of the Northern Alliance, which the United States leveraged to help oust the Taliban from power in 2001 following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Ahmad Shah Massoud was assassinated on Sept. 9, 2001, in a suicide attack carried out by individuals linked to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, who were posing as journalists who had come to interview him.
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At least all of the Afghanis aren’t cowards.
The Taliban have the Pakistani intelligence service behind them.
Not our circus.
Pres VJ and Susan Rice will have their Obama Gen White Hater Austin stop this mess .
China wants the country now .
The destruction of Israel is the next step for the Obama bots .
The Taliban have the Pakistani intelligence service behind them.>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The Pakis and the Red Chinese are the real problem in Afghanistan.
Very interesting piece. Thanks for posting.
“Taliban representatives have already been working with other notable Afghan figures, including former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah, regarding a peaceful transition of power to the new Islamic Emirate. Abdullah Abdullah notably lost a highly controversial presidential election to Ashraf Ghani in 2019. After Ghani fled, Karzai had announced that he, together with Abdullah Abdullah and warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, were forming an interim authority in Kabul.
Any such formalized transition could help give an air of legitimacy to the Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan and its claims to power”
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And that returns us back to the day before got involved in Afghanistan...
Maybe they will even call themselves the Northern Alliance?
So maybe the US troops abandoned in the field with no chance to get to Kabul can go there?
And so it continues, life in Afghanistan century after century. Beware the knocking at the door, they are coming for you. Their perceived wrongs, need to be revenged. Tribe vs tribe. We have to stay out of it, its either $#!T or get off the pot. All those American citizens still there who can’t get out, will be up for auction soon, the Democrats will get the pallets ready.
Hooray.
The bearded CIA Lawrence-of-Arabia wannabe’s have a new group of “freedom fighters” to supply
I never could have imagined living under a president where such a sentence could be uttered.
I’m afraid many have chance of survival. There is no country close that would take them, IF they could get there. Up the Hindu Kush to China, but would the Chinese allow US troops sanctuary?
Simply don’t care.
The destruction of Israel is the next step for the Obama bots .
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The current leadership is so suicidal they cannot wait.
Biden just stupidly armed the Taliban beyond their wildest dreams.
Now, this northern resistance group has to fight against a Taliban armed by the U.S.
If our CIA is worth anything, we would use our air superiority to protect the “rebels” in the Panjshir Valley and drop them supplies as needed.
they will be slaughtered in due time
I wonder how many will listen?
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