Taliban Deployed 19,000 Militants In Panshir Province To Suppress People, Claims AGT
The Afghanistan Green Trend (AGT) has claimed that the Taliban has deployed approximately 19,000 of its forces from Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, and Farah provinces to "suppress the people" in Panjshir province.
The organisation said that there are 150 Taliban personnel deployed per kilometre throughout Panjshir.
Under the leadership of Amrullah Saleh, former Afghan Vice-President, the AGT has continued its investigative reports by further examining the logistical support of Taliban brigades in Panjshir province.
The organisation claims that Taliban's official documents refer to these formations as "extraordinary brigades”.
In its latest report, the AGT revealed that in Panjshir province, 12,800 Taliban members belong to the Taliban’s Ministry of Defence, while over 6,000 others are from the Ministry of Interior, Intelligence Directorate, and other unofficial Taliban groups.
According to this report, the Taliban has established their bases and administrative centres in schools, forcibly occupied houses, mosques, the compound of Ahmad Shah Massoud's tomb, Panjshir University, Panjshir Technical Institute, and their newly established outposts among villages.
In its latest findings, the AGT highlights the Taliban's treatment of local people in Panjshir, citing "terrible crimes such as torture, murder, extortion, insult, and humiliation of the people" occurring across the province.
Previously, the AGT had released a series of reports detailing the structure and key members of the Taliban intelligence, defence, and interior ministries.
