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Resistance forces deny Taliban's Panjshir claim

06 September 2021 10:30 (UTC +04:00)

The Taliban's claim of gains against traditional dissidents of the Pajshir valley wore thin with claiming they have killed 700 Taliban fighters in intense battle, APA reports citing Economic Times.

While Taliban claimed it has an upper hand in Panjshir, Resistance Forces led by former Vice President Amrullah Saleh and Ahmed Massoud, son of the legendary Lion of Panjshur and leader of the Northern Alliance Ahmed Shah Masood, claim to have killed 700 Taliban fighters.

The National Resistance Front said it surrounded "thousands of terrorists" in the region’s Khawak pass and the Taliban had abandoned vehicles and equipment in the Dashte Rewak area.

In a tweet, the resistance forces also claimed that 600 Taliban were captured and imprisoned by resistance fighters.

In a Facebook post, Massoud insisted Panjshir "continues to stand strongly." Praising "our honourable sisters", he said demonstrations by women in the western city of Herat calling for their rights showed Afghans had not given up demands for justice and "they fear no threats."

But Taliban spokesman Bilal Karimi said the districts of Khinj and Unabah had been taken, giving Taliban forces control of four of the Panjshir’s 7seven districts. "The Mujahideen are advancing toward the centre (of the province)," he claimed on twitter.