Posted on 08/20/2021 6:50:42 AM PDT by Lower Deck
hile 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."
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Northern Alliance part 2 electric boogaloo.
Afghan Groundhog Day?
Oh this has been going on for a few millennia now. At least. It’s the fate of geography.
The Taliban may learn the same thing that everyone else does about Afghanistan: taking the country is easy. Controlling the country is hard.
The for them to revolt is now while citizens still have firearms
Expecting help from Alexander the Great!
When Grand Caliph Baraq’s Taxachusetts Mansion goes underwater from Globull Warming, maybe he can get a job in Afghan?
I remember Massoud in Northern Afghanistan.
Who is Ahmad Massoud, who open front against Taliban (August 19, 2021)
https://groundreport.in/who-is-ahmad-massoud-who-open-front-against-taliban77908-2/
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The majority of people in the area speak Persian. And they have long history of being fighters.
Ahmed Massoud announced in an article last Monday in the French magazine La Regal de that he wanted to organize the ‘freedom struggle’ like his father. “My comrades and I will give our blood with all the free Afghans who refuse slavery and from whom I demand that they join me in our stronghold Panjshir, the last free country of our dying country,” he wrote. There is a region. ‘
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