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 an darab 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 neighbouring panjshir province, where they recently managed to bring down a taliban helicopter.
and resistance forces loyal to the previous government are fighting an insurgency. at the moment, the fighting is limited to a handful of areas. 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.
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
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 neighbouring 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. translation: that| was a long time ago. we carried out some operations in the mountains, and now there is nothing.