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Offensive launched against Taliban rule: armed group

NRF offensive will continue across 12 provinces where its forces had a presence, mostly in the north, says NRF’s foreign relations head Ali Nazary
Ahmad Massoud shakes hands with supporters at the tomb of his late father at Saricha in Panjshir Province. AFP/File
Ahmad Massoud shakes hands with supporters at the tomb of his late father at Saricha in Panjshir Province. AFP/File

KABUL: An Afghan insurgent group led by the son of late anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Massoud claimed Saturday to have seized three northern districts from the group, after announcing a wide military offensive.

The National Resistance Front (NRF), led by Ahmad Massoud, said the action in the Panjshir Valley was its first armed offensive against Taliban forces since they stormed back to power. NRF forces were the last to hold out against the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August last year, retreating to the valley which fell in September, weeks after US-backed government troops capitulated.

“Since last night when Ahmad Massoud… ordered his forces to launch their offensive, three major districts were liberated in Panjshir,” Ali Nazary, head of the NRF’s foreign relations, told AFP. The NRF took the main road, outposts, and villages in these districts and then besieged the Taliban in the district offices, he said.

“Many Taliban fighters have asked for time to surrender. The enemy has suffered heavy casualties.” Nazary said the NRF offensive would continue across 12 provinces where its forces had a presence, mostly in the north.

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