'Will Continue Fighting,' Says Resistance Force In Afghanistan's Panjshir As Negotiation Talks With Taliban Fail

The resistance force in Afghanistan’s northeastern province Pajnshir said that they’re going to continue fighting against the Taliban because the negotiations between them and therefore the insurgents did not yield any results, press agency ANI reported citing local media reports. Panjshir is that the only province, where the anti-Taliban forces have maintained a stronghold and which is out of the Taliban’s reach following their blitz across Afghanistan.

On Wednesday, the Taliban, who have negotiated with the leaders of the resistance force, said that the talks the group’s efforts to seek out a political solution to a dispute “went in vain” and led to no results.

In an audio message on Wednesday, Amir Khan Motaqi, the top of Taliban’s commission for guidance & encouragement, also urged Panjshir residents to hitch the Islamic Emirate and promised that it’ll be a home for all Afghans. “We still want to stop war and find a political solution,” Motaqi said within the message posted on social media.

The Panjshir valley lies within the Hindu Kush mountains, approximately 90 miles north of the capital city of Kabul, which fall under Taliban control on Assumption after the collapse of the Afghan government. The Taliban are unable to require this major holdout of resistance after steamrolling across pro-government troops during a matter of months.

The resistance in Panjshir is being led by Ahmad Massoud, son of famous Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, and Amrullah Saleh who may be a current acting president of the South Asian country . Presently they’re beat Panjshir valley and trying to mount a challenge to the Taliban.

Meanwhile, the last remaining troops of the us have left the country, ending the two-decades-old war in Afghanistan.