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3 Districts Seized By Resistance Forces In Baghlan Have Been Recaptured, Claims Taliban

On Monday, a Taliban spokesperson claimed that they have now recaptured the districts of Bano, Deh Saleh and Pul e-Hesar in Baghlan province that were seized by anti-Taliban forces last week.

The Taliban claim their fighters have recaptured the three districts in northern Afghanistan that were taken by local militia groups last week. This comes at a time when the Taliban are also facing a challenge to their rule by forces loyal to Ahmed Massoud based in Panjshir valley.

On Monday, a Taliban spokesperson claimed that they have now recaptured the districts of Bano, Deh Saleh and Pul e-Hesar in Baghlan province. Local militias fighting the Taliban under the banner of Public’s Resistance Forces led by Khair Muhammad Andarabi had seized the three districts last week.

“Our fighters have set up base in Badakhshan, Takhar and Andarab near the Panjshir valley,” Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in a tweet on Monday.

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Many local militias and personnel of the now disbanded Afghan armed forces have joined hands to resist the Taliban. This resistance, based in the Panjshir valley, says it is in talks with Taliban to ensure the formation of an “inclusive” government in Afghanistan.

Ahmad Massoud, the son of anti-Soviet mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, told media outlets on Sunday that he does not want war but will not hold back if the Taliban continue to press further into the Panjshir valley.

Massoud also said that Panjshir has never surrendered to anyone and will not bow down to the Taliban. This mountainous area located northwest of Kabul, the Panjshir valley, had resisted the Taliban even before 2001.

The Taliban, in a statement on Sunday, claimed that talks with Ahmad Massoud had failed and that hundreds of Taliban fighters were headed to the Panjshir valley to challenge the anti-Taliban forces. However, no reports of an armed conflict between them have emerged from the region as of yet.

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