Representatives of the “Taliban” movement (prohibited in Russia) will not be able to conquer Panjscher, where the resistance force headed by Ahmad Masud was founded. Such an assessment of the chance of radicals to take the last non-conquered territory gave the Chairman of the Board of the Yaroslavl Regional Organization “Russian Union of Veterans of Afghanistan” Igor Yamchikov, reports RIA Novosti.
According to him, the resistance participants are well armed and will not give up any armed forces. He explained that he himself served in this province in 1982-1983 and knows the features of the defendant of local residents who are ready to protect their territory until the latter.
“It is necessary to understand that Panjscher is a separate planet on the planet Afghanistan. This is not a fanatics of crazy, these are people with some completely different philosophy and psychology,” said Yamchikov. The former military added that, if the Taliban enters Panjscher, then a maximum of 2-3 kilometers deep into the maximum, and then they will be supplied to the resistance troops. He also expressed confidence that Masood Jr. will fully fight for the derogation of the Taliban from the province.
September 3 became known that the night offensive of the Taliban at the Panjshera Valley failed. It was noted that the Taliban attacked the valley in three directions, but could not succeed in any of them. At the same time, by the morning the fighters of resistance were able to beat off the few captured terrorists of the position.
Previously, the radical group decided to begin the offensive on the strength of resistance in the province of Panjscher after the failure of the negotiations with the leader of the rebel Akhmad Masud. The Taliban announced that they got to the main road of the province and captured 11 checkpoints.