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Afghan opposition leader Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), on Sunday urged the Taliban to halt its assault on the last regions of the country not yet under its control and enter into “peaceful” talks amid reports of heavy fighting.
Key Facts
Massoud said in a Facebook post his organization agrees to “stop the war” and enter into “peaceful” negotiations with the Taliban if it “ends its military attacks and movements” in the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, and a neighboring region.
The statement comes amid reports of heavy fighting on Sunday in the mineral-rich region of Panjshir, the last of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces not to fall to the Taliban since the U.S. began its now-completed withdrawal of troops from the country last month.
Massoud said there was “no legitimate, human or logical reason” for the Taliban to launch what he characterized as an illegal offensive in the holdout regions, where, he said, the people do not recognize the Taliban’s authority.
Massoud is the son of an opposition commander who fought the Taliban in the 1990s and early 2000s, and he has allied with other anti-Taliban figures like Amrullah Saleh, the former vice president of Afghanistan who has declared himself acting president.
Key Background
The Taliban swept through Afghanistan last month as the U.S. prepared withdraw its remaining troops from the region, swiftly capturing the capital city of Kabul on August 14 and leaving Americans and Afghans who assisted the U.S. military scrambling to evacuate. The U.S. completed the withdrawal of troops on August 30.
Big Number
100. That’s roughly the number of Americans still in Afghanistan who are trying to leave, White House chief of staff Ron Klain said in a CNN interview on Sunday. At least 19 Americans are allegedly being blocked by the Taliban from departing on flights at the Mazar-i-Sharif airport.
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