Saturday, September 4, 2021
A band of Afghan resistance fighters holed up in Afghanistan’s rugged Panjshir province northeast of Kabul has repelled repeated attacks by Taliban fighters in recent days, a representative for the group tells NPR.
Speaking with NPR’s All Things Considered on Friday, Ali Nazary, the National Resistance Front’s head of foreign relations, who is currently in the U.S., also denied reports that the Taliban have taken control of the province — the last major territory standing between the Islamist militia and total control over Afghanistan — calling the rumors “propaganda.”
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Thursday, September 2, 2021
Clashes between the Taliban and local resistance forces led by Ahmad Massoud in Afghanistan’s Panshir Valley continued for the second day on Wednesday, Afghan news channel TOLO News reported.
The Taliban confirmed that fighting has been ongoing for two days now. They claimed that the resistance forces launched the attack and that both sides have suffered casualties in the clashes.
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Wednesday, September 1, 2021
The final U.S. troops in Afghanistan flew out of Kabul Monday at 3:29 p.m. EDT, ending a costly 20-year occupation that started after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and leaving a war-torn country now controlled by the Taliban.
The retreat, announced by the Pentagon, came one minute before Aug. 31 Kabul time, keeping the U.S. in the country right up until a deadline set by President Joe Biden’s administration.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Myanmar’s regime sustained casualties, allegedly including a battalion commander, during fighting with ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance fighters in three states over the weekend.
At least five junta soldiers reportedly died during clashes with joint forces of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Kokang’s Myanmar National Democratic Army (MNDAA) near Muse in northern Shan State on Saturday.
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Saturday, August 28, 2021
The Air Force flight has restarted from Kabul which will bring back to Italy, in addition to the Afghan civilians, also the consul Tommaso Claudi, the ambassador Pontecorvo and the Carabinieri of Tuscania who were still in place. Meanwhile, the death toll continues to grow, according to several sources now above i 100: al-Jazeera counts 110, the CBS, citing the Afghan Ministry of Health, even speaks of 170 dead.
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