Geographical position and features of the landscape of the Afghan province Panjscher are one of the main advantages of the resistance forces concentrated there against the militants of the Taliban’s radical movement (prohibited in Russia). He called the newspaper The Washington Post.
As noted by the publication, despite the fact that the current leader of the rebel Ahmad Masood Jr. could not enlist international support, unlike his father, Field commander Ahmed Shah Masuda, fought with Soviet military in the 1980s with the support of Western powers, And also lost any ways of supply from neighboring Tajikistan, the rebels still have a chance of success. So, the newspaper believes, the mountain landscape of Panjucher plays on the hand.
Panjscher is located in the Hindukush Mountains and is distinguished by a large number of gorges, ravines and rocks. It makes it an ideal place for the partisan war, allowing rebels to organize ambushes on the Taliban and creating a kind of natural fortress for them, writes The Washington Post.
At the same time, the geography of the region has already provided victory for those who were under whose control. As the head of the external links of the national resistance of Ali Nazari recalled in a conversation with the publication, in the 1980s, Soviet troops were tried to capture this province nine times, but each time they received reversal. In the 1990s, attempts to conquer Panjscher took the Taliban, but they also failed to do this, despite a serious military advantage in the form of jet aircraft and rocket installations.
Earlier on September 3, it became known that the night offensive “Taliban” fell on the Panjshera Valley. 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.
September 2, the radical group decided to begin the offensive on the resistance force 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.