of their commanders. surely there s no actual chance of you defeating the taliban. so what s the point in continuing the violence? translation: our fight - is forjustice, for brotherhood equality and for the real islam, not the islam of the taliban, which defames the religion. 0urfight 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.
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.
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. but in this scenic part of the country, they re facing a resistance movement. a small band of guerrillas led by former army soldiers is launching attacks 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
it was hard to gauge what locals really think. many we contacted secretly strongly oppose the taliban, but some also criticised the resistance forces. we managed to speak to one of their commanders. surely there s no actual chance of you defeating the taliban. so, what s the point in continuing the violence? 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
relatives allege he was targeted for treating members of the resistance. earlier this year, another doctor was also killed. i ve been told of two doctors in andarab who were killed, four young men who were killed after being detained. we ve spoken to people who knew them. eyewitnesses, they say they were arrested and then shot. translation: there was one doctor who was killed at his home that was due to some personalfeud. a5 for people being taken out of their homes, detained, bound and then killed, we totally refuse this. yes. if there is a clearance operation in an area and someone violently resist the government forces, they will be killed or arrested. that happens everywhere in the world. accompanied by taliban fighters at all times,