Taliban Calls UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on Afghanistan Biased

The other fighters who had been killed include two sons and a brother of the commander Mohammad Yar, who had been captured by the Taliban after running out of ammunition.

An informed source said that more than four people from Mohammad Yar's forces also lost their lives during the conflict with the Taliban before they were captured.

At the same time, video clips of the arrest of the resistance forces have been circulated on social media, which seems to be related to the arrest of Mohammad Yar and his men.

Mohammad Yar, one of the former commanders of the anti-Soviet Mujahideen, had joined the National Resistance Front (NRF) and had conducted numerous operations against the Taliban in Panjshir province.

Mubariz told Afghanistan International that the residents informed her that the Taliban visited her apartment with her photo in their hands and asked about her whereabouts.

Mubariz is one of the several women protesters who had held demonstrations in Kabul and chanted for "bread, work, freedom" after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021.

She and her fellow protesters challenged the Taliban's control over Afghanistan.

Mubariz was also involved in organising the August 13 demonstration in Kabul. After this demonstration, a photo of her facing a Taliban gunman went viral on social media.

She once told Afghanistan International that during the demonstration a Taliban member grabbed her phone and didn’t return it to her.

In recent months, Mubariz has also questioned the Taliban’s rule on Afghanistan and criticised the group’s policies and governance on various TV shows in Kabul.

Mujahid stated that other appointments include the former deputy of Kandahar municipality being appointed as the head of martyrs and representatives of the province, and Hafiz Sediqullah Abid being appointed as the Deputy Minister of Transportation for Financial and Administrative affairs.

Mohammad Yunus Agha has been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Public Works for Financial and Administrative Affairs.

Taliban mostly appoints their own members loyal to the group to government positions. These appointments, however, are usually short-term and the group rotates the same faces from one position to another one.

Most of the people assigned to the technical posts are mullahs and do not have a professional background in government jobs.

On Monday, Karzai wrote on his twitter account that during the meeting with Potzel, he emphasised on the need for intra-Afghan talks to achieve lasting peace and stability in the country.

It has been over a year since Afghan girls have been denied secondary education, and the Taliban have failed to meet the demands of the Afghan people and the international community on reopening the secondary schools for girls across Afghanistan.

On Sunday, the Minister of Education of the Taliban during a trip to Uruzgan province said that people in remote parts of Afghanistan do not want girls above 16 to attend school.

The programme is supposed to be implemented by the Taliban in other provinces of Afghanistan.

Since coming to power last year, the Taliban has been continuously facing resistance in Panjshir province and Andrab district, and these two areas have become the center of resistance against the group.

It seems that the Taliban have devised a new strategy to counter the National Resistance Front (NRF) in Panjshir as the war intensifies in the province.

According to al-Banna, the initiative to recruit local residents of Panjshir to fight for the Taliban has been taken by Qari Fasihuddin, the chief of staff of the Taliban army.

Qari Fasihuddin, one of the known commanders of the Taliban, has claimed that "the entire territory of Panjshir" is under the control of the group and has accused the media of exaggerating the numbers regarding the forces of the resistance front.

However, the National Resistance Front announced that they had repelled "heavy attacks" of the Taliban in different parts of Panjshir on Saturday. The NRF claimed that 32 Taliban members had been killed and 13 others were wounded in the latest battle in Panjshir.

A source told Afghanistan International that the forces of Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir attacked parts of Panjshir province on Sunday, but faced strong resistance from the NRF forces.