From Badakhshan to Nuristan: Afghanistan's Anti-Taliban Resistance Gains Momentum
The anti-Taliban resistance in Afghanistan has entered an important new phase. In recent weeks, fighting has been reported in Badakhshan, Nuristan and neighboring Kunar, while attacks targeting Taliban positions and personnel have continued. On September 28, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) claimed responsibility for an attack on a Taliban vehicle in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, saying that three Taliban members were killed and two wounded. At the same time, Saleh Mohammad Registani, a veteran commander who fought alongside Ahmad Shah Massoud , has returned to Afghanistan and assumed a senior operational position within the National Resistance Front (NRF). (A village in the mountainous region of Nuristan.) These developments do not mean that the Taliban is close to losing control of Afghanistan. The armed opposition remains far weaker in resources and territorial control. However, the combination of renewed fighting, the appearance of resistance activity in several areas ...
