When the Taliban announced that Afghanistan would soon get a new government, talks broke off on Sunday between the militant group and the leaders of the resistance in the Panjshir Valley.
The country’s defense minister in exile, General Bismillah Mohammadi, pledged to defend Panjshir – the only province that escaped the Taliban lightning bolt that led to regime change in Afghanistan.
General Bismillah Mohammadi announced that he would continue to protect Panjshir, which is just over 100 kilometers northeast of Kabul. The Panjshir Valley will continue to oppose the Taliban forces and the war will continue, General Mohammadi said.
Meanwhile, the evacuations from Kabul were in full swing. With US troops in action At Hamid Karzai International Airport, countries are trying to get their citizens out of Afghanistan.
Over 300 Indian citizens were from Kabul. flown home in three separate flights on Sunday. Another flight with more than 150 passengers is scheduled to land in New Delhi on Monday morning.
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The evacuees after reaching Delhi from Kabul. (Photo: India Today / Abhishek Bhalla)
Taliban regime in Afghanistan | Top 10 developments
1. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the media that a new Afghan government would be announced shortly. Taliban talks are underway to form a new government following the arrival of senior Taliban leaders, including Mullah Baradar, in Kabul, according to a report by TOLOnews.
2. Ahmad Massoud, the son one of the main leaders of the anti-Soviet resistance in Afghanistan in the 1980s said he would not surrender the Panjshir Valley to the Taliban. Massoud has teamed up with Afghanistan’s deposed first Vice President Amrullah Saleh to fight back against Taliban rule. “We have faced the Soviet Union and we will be able to confront the Taliban,” Massoud told the Dubai-based television channel al-Arabiya.
3. The Taliban said “hundreds” are fighters Drive to Panjshir Valley after talks with leaders of the resistance failed on Sunday. “Hundreds of mujahideen from the Islamic emirate are heading to Panjshir state to inspect him after local state officials refused to peacefully surrender him,” the group wrote on their Arabic Twitter account.
Ahmad Massoud (center), who leads the Panjshir resistance, at a public meeting. (Photo: Reuters)
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4th Afghan politicians urged the Taliban to form an inclusive government that reflects the aspirations of all Afghans, TOLOnews reported. However, political leaders also expressed disappointment, saying that despite meeting several political leaders, the Taliban had not had serious discussions.
5. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would convene a meeting of G7 heads of state and government on Tuesday to hold “urgent talks on the situation in Afghanistan”. prevent a humanitarian crisis and support the Afghan people in securing the gains of the past 20 years. ”US President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet virtually with other G7 leaders on August 24 to closely coordinate the Discuss Afghanistan policy, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Sunday.
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6th Prices for burqa, hijab and turbans soared in Kabul with the return of the Taliban. According to a report by Pajhwok Afghan News, hijabs and turbans have been selling more since last week despite the increase in price. “I used to be able to sell four or five hijabs a day, but now I sell 15 to 17 of them after the Taliban returned,” the report quoted a shop owner as saying.
Taliban fighters in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: PTI)
7th Bahrain said that a week after the Taliban came to power, its national airline will fly American citizens to the United States to evacuate them from Afghanistan. The U.S.-allied kingdom announced on Sunday that a Gulf Air flight will transport people from its Isa Air Base to Dulles International Airport south of Washington, DC.
8th. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken described the situation at Kabul Airport as “incredibly volatile”. “Crowds have gathered at the gates in front of the airport. It’s an incredibly volatile situation, it’s an incredibly fluid situation. We saw terrifying images of people injured, even killed, who hit you in the stomach, “he said.
9. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the US military was considering “creative ways” to get Americans and others to Kabul airport to evacuate them from Afghanistan. He told ABC’s This Week that as the August 31 deadline for completing the evacuation operation approaches, President Joe Biden would recommend giving her more time. That’s what the British military said seven Afghan citizens were killed at the crowded Kabul airport. There was onslaught and crushing injuries in the crowd, particularly as Taliban fighters shot in the air to drive away those desperate to take a flight out of the country.
10. Pakistan has temporarily suspended flights to Afghanistan and is not currently evacuating anyone, the PTI news agency reported. The state-owned Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been the only commercial airline operating to and from Kabul for the past few days.
(With agency entries)
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