{"id":676809,"date":"2021-08-23T19:06:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T23:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=676809"},"modified":"2021-08-23T19:06:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T23:06:18","slug":"taliban-closes-in-on-resistance-fighters-in-panjshir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-closes-in-on-resistance-fighters-in-panjshir\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban closes in on resistance fighters in Panjshir"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaliban-closes-in-on-resistance-fighters-in-panjshir%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=676809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2498639\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2498639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Afghan men wave a flag above the portrait of late Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, right, in Paryan district of Panjshir province on August 23, 2021, as the Taliban said their fighters had surrounded resistance forces holed up in the valley, but were looking to negotiate rather than take the fight to them. (Photo by AHMAD SAHEL ARMAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:56 PM PT \u2013 Monday, August 23, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Taliban closed in on the last province of Afghanistan that has not fallen under their control. The terrorist group said on Sunday hundreds of its fighters were headed to the Panjshir Valley, which stands 78 miles northeast of Kabul, where ex-government troops have gathered to join other resistance groups.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Afghan Vice President Amrullahsaleh declared himself the acting president of Afghanistan after Ashrafghani fled the country as the Taliban moved into Kabul last week. On Monday, Saleh tweeted he would never and under no circumstances bow to Taliban terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Amrullahsaleh has relocated to Panjshir and called on his followers to gather in the region to fight the Taliban. The Panjshir Valley has been famous for successfully fighting off invasions from the Soviets in the 80\u2019s and the Taliban in the 90\u2019s, with lead from Ahmad Shaha Massoud.<\/p>\n<p>His 32-year-old son Ahmad Massoud has since taken the reigns of the National Resistance Front.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not fighting a geography, we not fighting one province, we are defending the whole country in one province,\u201d he expressed. \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s happening and we want to make the Taliban realize that the only way forward is through negotiation and talk and we are talking to them and we do not want war to break out and happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just spoke to Ahmad <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Massoud?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Massoud<\/a> on the phone.&nbsp;He told me: \u201cI am the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud; surrender is not part of my vocabulary.\u201d This is the start. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Resistance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Resistance<\/a> has just begun. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Panjshir?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Panjshir<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kabul?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kabul<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LionOfPanjshir?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LionOfPanjshir<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AhmadMassoud01?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ahmadmassoud01<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xlj8mKKr1v\">pic.twitter.com\/Xlj8mKKr1v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernard-Henri L\u00e9vy (@BHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BHL\/status\/1429103205758246922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Massoud added his group wants to pursue peaceful negotiations, but he would follow in his father\u2019s footsteps and never surrender. He made it clear the NRF was not going to accept any sort of aggression and had thousands ready to fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of the Panjshir Valley are very much united and they want to defend and they want to fight,\u201d he explained. \u201cThey want to resist against any totalitarian regime, against any belief that wants to enforce their own belief and ideology upon the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Massoud has called for an inclusive and broad-based government to represent Afghanistan\u2019s different ethnic groups. He said a totalitarian regime such as the Taliban should not be recognized by the international community. To this end, he said his group has essentially defending the whole country in one province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people here are just a small portion of the people of Afghanistan and the geography of Panjshir is the smallest province in the whole of Afghanistan,\u201d he stated. \u201cWhat we are standing for right now is for the whole country, is for sovereignty, is for peace, is for people, is for inclusively and tolerance and acceptance and moderation.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taliban asked Hamid Karzai and Dr. Abdullah to negotiate with Ahmad Massoud.  Ahmad Massod set his conditions and plans with Karzai and Abdullah. In meantime, our preparation for resistance is going on in full spead.<\/p>\n<p>WE ARE LOCKED AND LOADED. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sg52C54Fpq\">pic.twitter.com\/Sg52C54Fpq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarfaraz (@Sarfaraz1201) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sarfaraz1201\/status\/1429300107544043527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Massoud mentioned to have stores of ammunition and arms they have patiently collected over the past 20-years because they knew this day would come. He added although his resistance was more than 6,000 strong, they would need international support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe asked from national community for reconciliation and for helping with the peace process as soon as possible for stopping this catastrophe and this problem,\u201d he explained. \u201cIf the war breaks out, in that scenario of course the international community should take side with Afghans and should not recognize an illegitimate government, which is not in favor of Afghanistan, the region and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/pentagon-updates-on-kabul-vaccine-mandates\/\">Pentagon Updates On Kabul, Vaccine Mandates<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghan men wave a flag above the portrait of late Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, right, in Paryan district of Panjshir province on August 23, 2021, as the Taliban said &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1891906,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-676809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}