Gravitas | War resumes in Afghanistan, national resistance front attacks Taliban | WION

Afghanistan had been putting on a show of normaly it was even trying to woo foreign tourists to visit the country and it seemed to be working the number of people visiting Afghanistan actually went up when we first told you about this tourism boom here on gravitas we raised a crucial question who or what would ensure tourist safety in a volatile Afghanistan well nothing it seems over the weekend three Spanish tourists were shot dead in the central Afghan city of bamyan other four foreigners were injured later the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack it's the most serious attack targeting foreigners ever since the American forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021 the Civil War may have ended but it seems the fighting season is back in Afghanistan anti- Taliban Insurgency is on the rise and it's not just the Islamic State Taliban needs to look out for the national resistance front or the NRF as well it is controlled by an anti-taliban politician Ahmad masud mud lives in Tajikistan and controls his troops in Exile in an interview with The Spectator he claimed that the NRF has staged 31 attacks on on the Taliban in Kabul in the past 31 days their latest hit was merely 500 M from the presidential Palace massud also boasted that after all these attacks none of the members from his group have been captured why is the NRF targeting attacking the Taliban you ask what does it want to destroy Afghanistan's Islamic Emirate and install a Democratic Republic the group came together when Western forces fled during the Taliban takeover as the islamist swept from Kandahar in the South up to Kabul Afghan army soldiers joined a group of fighters in panir in the north now from a small area of land they conduct Guerilla operations in half of Afghanistan's 34 provinces still massud says he does not have the fire power to launch a total assault on the Taliban Administration the group's missions are Li lied it could be a driveby shooting at a checkpoint or an ambush on the Taliban camp but it cannot afford to do anything more after all it depends on the weapons left behind by the Americans and the Soviets as for supplies it gets them from Afghanistan's black markets however massud believes with proper support ID Western Arms it is possible to defeat the Taliban he also says that his forces are ready to do more the man trades on the reputation of his father emad sha masud he was a hero of Afghanistan's resistance against the Soviets back in the late 1970s and 1980s massud Senor repelled several attempted invasions of panir when the Taliban tried to take over in the 1990s he led the Northern Alliance of Rebel groups against them the US and the UK also worked with the alliance to depose the Taliban in 2002 massud Senor had been supported by Western intelligence for decades is that what massud junr is also seeking three years ago French and American intelligence Services considered backing him against the Taliban but M Jor says it was far from enough he met with a lot of military personnel before the talibans assault but says he wasn't given any weapons or intelligence he fled Kabul as the Taliban closed in on the capital and then tried to negotiate with the islamists in return for a ceasefire he asked for free Nationwide elections but was told to surrender or die and so he took a helicopter and flew to Tajikistan and from there he is launching assaults on the Taliban he is also seeking support from the UK in exchange he says he will stop the small boats carrying illegal migrants from Afghanistan to the UK okay but would Britain take up his proposal is the question if massu Jr gets the weapons he wants will he launch a nationwide war against the Taliban to stay up to speed with the latest news download the weon app And subscribe to our YouTube channel

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Length: 4min 49sec (289 seconds)

Published: Mon May 20 2024