FfFfFfFF 58,138 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 After the Taliban's swift seizure of power in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley in the north is the last place that might offer any real resistance to the Islamist extremist group. The region, located 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of the capital, Kabul, now hosts some senior members of the ousted government, like the deposed Vice President Amrullah Saleh and ex-Defense Minister Bismillah Mohammadi. The Panjshir Valley has repeatedly played a decisive role in Afghanistan's military history, as its geographical position almost completely closes it off from the rest of the country. The only access point to the region is through a narrow passage created by the Panjshir River, which can be easily defended militarily. The nascent resistance to the Taliban that has organized in Panjshir province has launched a counteroffensive against the Taliban and has taken control of four districts in two neighboring provinces. Anti-Taliban fighters “captured those [four] key districts and are threatening the Taliban’s control of the highway to the north,” a source within the resistance told FDD’s Long War Journal. They also claimed to take “all of Andarab back.” https://www.dw.com/en/why-afghanistans-panjshir-remains-out-of-talibans-reach/a-58921687 https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2021/08/anti-taliban-resistance-makes-modest-gains-outside-panjshir.php Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic 20,830 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 I just recently learned about Panjshir Valley and how its communities and villages are relatively closed off and self sustaining. I hope the Taliban isn’t interested or stays out, but I’m not feeling positive about this whole thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,138 Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Chic said: I just recently learned about Panjshir Valley and how its communities and villages are relatively closed off and self sustaining. I hope the Taliban isn’t interested or stays out, but I’m not feeling positive about this whole thing. Yes! The entire country is basically just some very high mountains and deserts (in the south-west). Whoever controlls the strategic passes or big population centers controls the entire region around them. These regions are and always have been somehow self-governing. And this is why foreign powers (the British Empire, URSS or USA) never succeded in conquering the country Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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