NRF Releases 4 Captured Taliban Members in Badakhshan

The National Resistance Front (NRF) announced the release of four Taliban members who had been arrested by the front’s forces in Badakhshan on Friday.

In a statement, the front, led by Ahmad Massoud, added that the weapons and ammunition of these four Taliban members had been seized and they were released after the mediation of local elders.

NRF added that its forces were able to capture four members of the "Taliban” in Farghamanj area of the Jurm district of Badakhshan province.

NRF stressed that its forces “treated the prisoners well and with consideration of the laws of war, the teachings of the holy religion of Islam and following the behaviour of the national hero Ahmad Shah Massoud”.

Meanwhile, Ahmad Massoud had emphasised on Thursday in a virtual conference at the three-day Aspen security meeting that he believes in a political solution to end the conflict in Afghanistan.

At the same time, he added that the resistance against the Taliban has expanded from Panjshir to Takhar and Badakhshan.