Ahmad Massoud, leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in Panjshir valley, says he welcomes proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting
A humvee with National Resistance Front flag is seen in front of a radio mast near Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan in this still image obtained from an undated video handout.
"The NRF in principle agree to solve the current problems and put an immediate end to the fighting and continue negotiations," Massoud said in the Facebook post. Following their lightning-fast rout of Afghanistan's army last month – and celebrations when the last US troops flew out after 20 years of war on Monday – the Taliban are seeking to crush resistance forces defending the mountainous Panjshir Valley.
"That will then in turn lead to conditions that could, in fact, lead to a reconstitution of Al-Qaeda or a growth of ISIS ," he told Fox News Saturday. Anabah lies some 25 kilometres north inside the 115-kilometre-long v alley, but unconfirmed reports suggested the Taliban had seized other areas too.Bill Roggio, managing editor of the US-based Long War Journal, said Sunday that while there was still a "fog of war" – with unconfirmed reports the Taliban had captured multiple districts – "it looks bad".
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