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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,254 posts)
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 01:23 PM Aug 2021

Anti-Taliban forces say they've taken three districts in Afghanistan's north

(Reuters) - Forces holding out against the Taliban in northern Afghanistan say they have taken three districts close to the Panjshir valley where remnants of government forces and other militia groups have gathered.

Defence Minister General Bismillah Mohammadi, who has vowed to resist the Taliban, said in a tweet that the districts of Deh Saleh, Bano and Pul-Hesar in the neighbouring province of Baghlan to the north of Panjshir had been taken.

It was not immediately clear what forces were involved but the incident adds to scattered indications of opposition to the Taliban who swept to power in a lightning campaign that saw them take all of Afghanistan's main cities in a week.

Local television station Tolo News quoted a local police commander who said Bano district in Baghlan was under the control of local militia forces and said there had been heavy casualties.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-taliban-forces-theyve-taken-145823721.html

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Anti-Taliban forces say they've taken three districts in Afghanistan's north (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 OP
Taliban will not control some places in Afghan . . . Lovie777 Aug 2021 #1
Will some of the Afghan army sarisataka Aug 2021 #2

Lovie777

(12,332 posts)
1. Taliban will not control some places in Afghan . . .
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 01:27 PM
Aug 2021

It will probably go back to individual sections controlled by other than Taliban. In fighting, something that Afghanistan has been doing for centuries.

sarisataka

(18,785 posts)
2. Will some of the Afghan army
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 02:01 PM
Aug 2021

Re-form around the warlords and put the country into a civil war? Seems possible.

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