Desperate Afghans Fight Back Against Taliban, Resistance Scores Big Underdog Victory

As President Joe Biden continues to grapple this week with the disastrous fallout from the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Sunday, the Afghan individuals seem to have begun the method of taking issues into their very own arms.

In fact, they’ve had 20 years to take action, however though the NATO-backed forces weren’t sufficient to face as much as the Taliban over the previous couple of weeks as the fear group swept throughout the nation, that doesn’t imply there aren’t nonetheless loads of weapon-wielding Afghans who refuse to take this siege sitting down.

And you realize what? Contemplating they’ve been blamed by “the buck stops with me” Biden over the past week for the caliphate insurgency that simply took over their very own nation, good for them.

On Friday, experiences started to flow into that the Afghan flag had been hoisted as soon as once more within the Pol-e-Hesar, Deh Salah and Banu districts of Baghlan province after anti-Taliban resistance fighters recaptured the localities.

Newsweek reported that about 60 Taliban fighters had been injured within the combating that proceeded these small victories, whereas the Afghan outlet Asvaka Information Company reported that “a quantity” of Taliban had been killed.

#Breaking
Pol-e-Hesar, Deh Salah and Banu districts in #Baghlan provinces have been captured by the Public’s Resistance Forces, & various Taliban killed & injured.
Native reporters from Baghlan pic.twitter.com/tW1ENliWOK

— Aśvaka – آسواکا Information Company (@AsvakaNews) August 20, 2021

Earlier within the day, the Indian outlet Republic World reported that Pol-e-Hesar had been free of Taliban control whereas an “intense battle” was underway in Deh Salah and Banu. This got here even because the Taliban was assembly with Afghan navy chief Ahmad Massoud.

BIG #BREAKING | One district free of Taliban rule as anti-Taliban resistance gathers momentum; casualty reported whilst Taliban assembly with Ahmad Massoud underway. Watch fast-paced developments #LIVE right here https://t.co/3AdouRdizw pic.twitter.com/ZVXe0lKRT9

— Republic (@republic) August 20, 2021

Newsweek stated there had been some confusion over whether or not the districts had been recaptured, nonetheless, and that the state of affairs on the bottom in Banu and Deh-e-Salah remained “fluid” as of the report Friday.

It was simply 10 days in the past that the Taliban captured the capital of the Baghlan province, Pul-e-Khumri, on the onset of what would grow to be a swift and profitable navy marketing campaign throughout the nation.

In keeping with reporter Tajuden Soroush of the London-based Persian outlet Iran Worldwide, resistance commander Abdul Hamid stated the militia was advancing towards the Khenhan district and “will seize Baghlan province.”

Upraising commander Abdul Hamid: We captured three districts of Andrabs, now we’re advancing towards Khenhan district and we are going to seize Baghlan province. pic.twitter.com/IaMSqgYdDe

— Tajuden Soroush (@TajudenSoroush) August 20, 2021

The Afghan individuals have been combating amongst themselves for many years and clearly will proceed to take action whether or not or not U.S. forces are there.

As Biden continues to do harm management amid his horrifically botched pullout from the war-torn nation, the Afghan individuals who refuse to be dominated by the Taliban terrorists are stepping up as soon as once more to battle for his or her communities.

And simply because the U.S. allies in Afghanistan are actually a few of the prime targets for the brutal new regime, there isn’t any doubt that the Taliban will resist these resistance forces fiercely.

Skirmishes over districts and provinces may grow to be an everyday fixture of life beneath Taliban management and will add to the violence and instability of this return to the pre-2001 establishment.

But the Taliban’s opponents are on their very own now, which is the simple actuality of a U.S. international coverage transfer that, let’s face it, was lengthy overdue.

Pray for Afghanistan.