The Taliban asked the Russian Embassy to negotiate and negotiate

The Taliban asked the Russian Embassy to negotiate and negotiate

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　　 According to the Associated Press and other foreign media reports, the Taliban requested the Russian Embassy in Afghanistan to come forward and participate in the talks between the Taliban and the remnants of pro-government armed personnel in northern Afghanistan. When the news came out, an anti-Taliban force composed of the remnants of some Afghan government forces and other militia organizations had allegedly captured three areas near the Panjshir Valley.

Pro-government militants gathered in Panjshir Valley Pro-government militants gathered in Panjshir Valley

On Saturday, local time, the Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov stated that a senior member of the Taliban’s political leadership requested the Russian Embassy to pass on an agreement they had proposed to the Panjshir Valley in northern Afghanistan. Pro-government fighters hope to resolve the current situation there by reaching a political agreement. Ambassador Zhirnov said that the Taliban claimed that they did not want bloodshed in that area.

　　 The Panjshir Valley north of Kabul was the stronghold of the Northern Alliance militia that was allied with the United States during the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. It is also the only area in Afghanistan that has not fallen into the hands of the Taliban. After the Taliban entered Kabul, Afghan government officials were seeking asylum there, including Amrullah Saleh, the first vice president of Afghanistan. After the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled to the UAE, Saleh declared on Twitter that he is now the legitimate president of Afghanistan.

Pro-government militants gathered in Panjshir Valley Pro-government militants gathered in Panjshir Valley

　　 Saleh and the son of the legendary Afghan hero Masood, Masood, vowed to continue to resist the Taliban from Panjshir. Masood has the title of "Panjshir Lion" and defeated the Soviet army and the Taliban in the 1980s and 1990s, respectively. People close to Masood said that there were more than 6,000 combatants gathered in the Panjshir Valley, consisting of Afghan government forces including remnants of special forces and local militia organizations. They claimed to have helicopters and military vehicles, and repaired some Soviet invasions in Afghanistan. Armored vehicles left over from the time.

Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (Bismillah Khan Mohammadi), who vowed to resist the Taliban, said in a tweet that in the neighboring Baghlan Province to the north of Panjshir, three areas have been affected by the anti-Taliban. The Taliban forces captured. The police commander in one of the occupied areas confirmed to the Afghan Dawn TV station that the local militia forces controlled the area, but suffered heavy casualties.

　　 According to reports, so far, the Taliban have not tried to drive into Panjshir. There are still the remains of Soviet armored vehicles destroyed in the fighting more than 30 years ago. But Western diplomats and others questioned whether the armed groups gathered in Panjshir are effective against the Taliban because they lack external support and need to repair and maintain weapons.