Anti-Taliban Resistance Struggles for Relevance in Afghanistan After initially attempting to launch an insurgency against the Taliban following the its conquest of Kabul in August, Ahmad Massoud, the son of the legendary anti-Soviet mujahideen leader, Ahmad Shah Massoud, and deposed Vice President of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh, reportedly fled to Tajikistan (news18.com, October 12). Massoud, who studied at the Franco-Afghan Lycée …
fierce rivals, but is is far smaller than the taliban. on the east of the country a bloodied conflict is escalating between the two sides. our correspondence and cameraman travelled to jalalabad. a new chapter is beginning in this conflict. we have come to its front line. the taliban now rule the country. but here injalalabad, they re facing an almost daily stream of targeted attacks by the local branch of the islamic state group. this, a roadside bombing. the hit and run tactics of the taliban now used against them. it s notjust the taliban who are under attack. abdul rahman mawin was a prominent social activist. his two young sons saw him gunned down earlier this month. translation: when the taliban took power, we were hopeful- that all the violence
the country. but here injalalabad, they re facing an almost daily stream of targeted attacks by the local branch of the islamic state group. this, a roadside bombing. the hit and run tactics of the taliban now used against them. it s notjust the taliban who are under attack. abdul rahman mawin was a prominent social activist. his two young sons saw him gunned down earlier this month. translation: when the taliban took power, we were hopeful- that all the violence and killing would finally stop, but now we face this new phenomena with the name of is. the taliban s intelligence service has detained dozens of alleged is members. hundreds escaped from prison during the group s takeover. dead bodies with notes labelling them is fighters
the taliban now rule the country. but here injalalabad, they re facing an almost daily stream of targeted attacks by the local branch of the islamic state group. this, a roadside bombing. the hit and run tactics of the taliban now used against them. it s notjust the taliban who are under attack. abdul rahman mawin was a prominent social activist. his two young sons saw him gunned down earlier this month. translation: when the taliban took power, we were hopeful that - all the violence and killing would finally stop, but now we face this new phenomena with the name of is. the taliban s intelligence service has detained dozens of alleged is members. hundreds escaped from prison during the group s takeover. dead bodies with notes labelling
the situation under control, and is playing down the threat of is. but in the city of jalalabad, in eastern afghanistan, taliban forces face daily targeted attacks, as secunder kermani reports. a new chapter is beginning in this conflict. we have come to its front line. the taliban now rule the country. but here injalalabad they re facing an almost daily stream of targeted attacks by the local branch of the islamic state group. this, a roadside bombing. the hit and run tactics of the taliban now used against them. it s notjust the taliban who are under attack. abdul rahman mawin was a prominent social activist. his two young sons saw him gunned down earlier this month. translation: when the taliban took