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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 fuelled 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. a possible trip to taiwan by the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi is raising tensions between bejing and washington. a spokesperson for china s foreign ministry says if the visit goes ahead, china will resolutely respond with countermeasures. ....
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 were detained and killed, after wrongly being accused of attacking the taliban. as 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 resists the government forces, they will be killed or arrested. ....
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. ....
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 for us to have visited. but they re also accused of committing serious human rights ....