Afghan Resistance, in Startling Report, Says It Liberated Districts in North Panjshir Region

If true, the report would mark an important moment at the start of what is called the fighting season in Afghanistan and suggest that a startling and more spirited fight than previously reported is under way in the country.

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Militiamen in northeastern Afghanistan in 2021 fighting under Ahmad Massoud, son of the late Ahmad Shah Massoud. AP/Jalaluddin Sekandar

Updated at 11:12 P.M.

Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front, an opposition group, is claiming this evening to be on the verge of victories over the Taliban in several districts in the country’s Northeastern provinces.

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