The struggle for Afghanistan may not be over.
A senior Afghan government official said on Friday that resistance fighters, made up mainly of about 300 members and battle-ready mujahideen commanders linked to the Northern Alliance, were fighting three northern districts. -east of Baghlan province out of Taliban control on Friday, and killed more than 36 Taliban fighters and wounded dozens more.
Local fighters, often called public uprisings, are said to have used their own weapons to regain control of the Banu, Pol-e-Hesar and De Salah districts in the besieged province.
“The advance continues towards Khenjan north of Salang,” the former official said, noting that locals quickly removed the Taliban flag in the reconquered regions.
As the Taliban took control of the provincial capitals and major cities of Afghanistan last week, culminating in their capture of Kabul on Sunday, the local warlords made a massive call to the central government for air support and heavy armament to repel the offensive, to no avail.
Rather, Kabul security officials expressed concern about arming unofficial militias – despite their dedication and willingness to fight – and insisted that they were establishing a process to bring the forces of the public uprising under the umbrella. of the National Security Directorate. Restricted by bureaucracy and questionable inflatable bureaucracy, these movements came too late, as the provinces continued to sink into the hands of the Taliban at lightning speed.
The consequences of Western-backed government lethargy have been passed on to the world. Day after day and hour after hour, there have been calamitous scenes at Hamid Karzai International Airport and on the outskirts of Kabul, while ordinary Americans, Europeans and Afghans crowd the gates in desperate attempts to arrive on evacuation flights. In cities and provinces, there have been witnesses of intimidation, retaliation and executions.
However, the chaos has also spurred a new will among small groups to arm themselves to the teeth and fight hard to protect their small pockets of grass so that they are not part of Taliban rule.
Before the small gains in Baghlan province, the neighboring Panshjir province became this week the new center of resistance with higher command and special forces, regrouping and ready for the fight in case the Taliban attacked.
But for now, the picturesque province remains quiet, with growing concern that Taliban forces will try to surround and squeeze the area in an effort to find a political solution.