Posted on 08/20/2021 7:40:00 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Afghan resistance has claimed to have captured three towns north of Kabul in fighting that 'killed or injured 60 Taliban fighters'.
Local forces are reported to have taken back the Pul-e-Hesar, Deh-e-Salah and Banu districts in the Baghlan province on Friday.
Writing in Persian, Afghan Defence Minister General Bismillah Mohammadi said the three areas had been reclaimed, adding: 'The resistance is still alive.'
A Twitter account under the name 'Panjshir Province' - the only area not controlled by the Taliban - earlier said the Pul-e-Hesar was captured while 'fighting was raging' in the other two districts.
Tajuden Soroush, a senior correspondent for Iran International, said the Banu and Pol-e-Hesar areas had been taken back, according to an ex-Afghan government official. He later added that Deh-e-Salah had fallen to anti-Taliban forces.
The Panjshir Valley northeast of Kabul is Afghanistan's last remaining holdout, known for its natural mountainous defences.
It follows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirming that SAS-trained Afghan commandos have joined an armed resistance to the Taliban in the Valley.
A social media account posted at 1.40pm BST: 'Pul-e-Hesar district was taken back from the #Taliban and fighting is raging in Deh-e-Salah and Banu districts.
'Local sources say the Taliban have been attacked from several areas and suffered heavy casualties.'
Mr Soroush then posted at 1:53pm BST: 'An ex, Afgh government official tells me that local resistances forces in Baghlan province have recaptured Banu and Pol-e-Hesar districts from the Taliban.
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Waiting on Biden to take credit.
Their new Civil War.
All the similar countries do that after a shakeup. The hatred is strong and it is real.
Maybe China can get mired in 20-35 years of civil war over there. Fun to watch.
Who would have thought that 20 years after the events of September 11th that we would still be talking about Afghanistan like this today?
“Joe Biden” surrendered unconditionally to the Taliban.
There are thousands of American citizens trapped behind whatever remains of a line.
I don’t care about imaginary fluff stories telling me that all of a sudden the Afghan people are standing up.
I’m glad there seems to be a real resistance to the Taliban.
It's the Afghan way. They fight like guerillas. Conventional warfare isn't their style.
Same old tribal warfare that has been there for a thousand years.
Byedone might call an airstrike on them for his Talibuddies.
SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE !
Dump Biden & his entire crew. Reinstate Trump .
Prepare to start hitting the Taliban with tactical nukes and FAEs
We have to assume that any attempt to rescue our American citizens in Kabul will come at a risk. If this news is true, it might be possible that we could drop in enough Rangers to secure an airstrip and use that as a staging area to clear the Taliban from around the airport in Kabul. I’m not sure if the electronic active denial system has ever been used in a combat environment but this might be a good test. Bring in some air combat controllers to support the operation and kick some Taliban butt.
Sitting here doing nothing is going to get a lot of our people killed so we need to determine which has the best chance of success.
Maybe they can save the Americans in Kabul since President Retard can’t?
JoeJoe will be upset that his Taliban buddies croaked.
How?
In what ways?
Had we not abruptly withdrawn and just allowed the Taliban to run roughshod all over the place, including keeping the air support in place as ground forces were removed, this resistance / Afghan army may have been on much better footing to keep the Taliban from regaining control and establishing independent control while we took off the training wheels. Instead Biden shoved them into the ditch.
God bless the resistance!
The US asked the Brits to stop resqueing people out of the airport and in other towns.
The Brits declined.
At last, some good news from Afghanistan.
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