Afghanistan: National Resistance Front (NFR) fighters dig a trench to defend Panjshir Province
Anti-Taliban forces fire a mounted heavy machine gun into a deep valley from the top of a rocky mountain that has defied foreign invaders for decades.
They are members of the National Resistance Front (NRF), which has emerged as the most visible Afghan opposition organization since the Taliban took control of Kabul ten days ago.
They are called the National Resistance Front (NFR). The NRF has put up machine gun nests, mortars, and monitoring stations protected with sandbags in anticipation of a Taliban attack on their bastion, the Panjshir Valley, with militia fighters and former government soldiers among its ranks.
Its fighters patrol the region in US-made Humvees and technicals — pickup trucks with machine weapons mounted on the back – many of them are dressed in military fatigues.
Assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, and walkie-talkies are among the weapons carried by many.