here in andarab as well as in neighboring panjshir province, where they recently managed to bring down a taliban helicopter. it s hard to get a sense of the true scale of the fighting. the resistance exaggerate their strength, whilst the taliban outright deny their presence. translation: you can see yourself, we only have a small military presence here. there are no problems. i was told of at least one ambush on a taliban vehicle in this valley. that was a long time ago. we carried out some operations in the mountains and now there is nothing. elsewhere in this province, resistance fighters managed to take over a taliban military post, pulling down theirflag. but when we visit andarab, they re the ones in charge. from what we ve seen, the taliban are in firm control of the territory here. that s presumably why they re happy
translation: well, our fight is forjustice, for brotherhood equality and for the real islam, not the islam of the taliban, which defames the religion. ourfight is for the rights of our sisters. the prophet muhammad said education is compulsory for both men and women. the taliban s insurgency over the past two decades was in part fueled by anger at aggressive raids and the killing of civilians by international forces and the afghan army. here in andarab and the surrounding areas, despite recruiting some locals, many see the taliban as outsiders, and they risk repeating the same mistakes as their old opponents. sekunder kermani, bbc news, andarab.
it s hard to get a sense of the true scale of the fighting. the resistance exaggerate their strength, whilst the taliban outright deny their presence. translation: you can see yourself, we only have a small military presence here. there are no problems. i was told of at least one ambush on a taliban vehicle in this valley. translation: that| was a long time ago. we carried out some operations in the mountains, and now there is nothing. elsewhere in this province, resistance fighters managed to take over a taliban military post, pulling down theirflag. but when we visit andarab, they re the ones in charge. from what we ve seen, the taliban are in firm control of the territory here. that s presumably why they re happy for us to have visited. but they re also accused of committing serious human rights abuses, in trying to stamp out this resistance movement. relatives told us villagers abdul hashim and nur rullah
since the taliban retook power in afghanistan, and resistance forces loyal to the previous government are fighting an insurgency. at the moment clashes are limited to a handful of areas long known for anti taliban sentiment and the group dismisses the threat posed by them. but resistance forces are behind the most sustained clashes afghanistan has seen over the past year. secunder kermani was given rare access to one of the areas where they ve been activem the andarab valley. where they ve been active, the andarab valley. out on patrol. the taliban are now more powerful than they ve ever been. more powerful than the old afghan government ever was. but in this scenic part of the country, they re facing a resistance movement. a small band of guerrillas led by former army soldiers, led by former army soldiers is launching attacks
for sport right now and more coming up for sport right now and more coming up in the next hour. good afternoon, you are watching bbc news. let s look at some other stories here this afternoon. it s almost a year since the taliban retook power in afghanistan and resistance forces loyal to the previous government are fighting an insurgency. at the moment clashes are limited to a handful of areas long known for anti taliban sentiment and the group dismisses the threat posed by them. but resistance forces are behind the most sustained clashes afghanistan has seen over the past year. secunder kermani was given rare access to one of the areas where they ve been active the andarab valley. out on patrol. the taliban are now more powerful than they ve ever been. more powerful than the old afghan government ever was.