The anti-Taliban remnant force based in Panjshir Valley took quite a hit in relevance over the past week, being effectively wiped out militarily by the Taliban. The group, however, is vowing to continue its resistance.
After the fall of Panjshir, remnant leader Ahmad Shah Massoud went missing. He and former VP Amrullah Salaeh are reportedly still at large inside Afghanistan, according to former Afghan officials familiar with the situation.
Massoud’s rebelling doesn’t seem to have lasted all that long, but he’s not giving up, calling on the entire nation to rise up against the Taliban, warning they are going to turn Afghanistan into a pariah state.
With Panjshir no longer in open rebellion, the Taliban are likely to just move forward with governing Afghanistan. Surprising no one familiar with Afghanistan’s history, however, they will have enemies looking for every opportunity to rise against them.
Perhaps it’s better that this group are such fools. Maybe the Taliban should have made an example of some of the worst collaberators. When a foreign state invades under sketchy pretexts, anyone who cooperates with them is a traitor and deserves a punishment that will give pause to those contemplating such treason in the future.
It’s Ahmed Zia Massoud. ASM is dead for 20 years. Saleh is in Tajikistan. U can see taliban very clearly state that in news conference and since they didn’t say the same about azm it seems to be the truth
The information is for sure not coming from any rebellion. There is no force in Panshir Valley that wants to return American occupation or puppet government. With Saleh being gone, Massoud is just a footnote. He has ZERO chance to organize rebellion. Taliban has a provisional government, and must manage day to day the best it can. All US and European money is gone.
The nuisance like Massoud — will just have to wait.