Taliban operation to capture Panjshir underway, fighters moving in from everywhere.
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If the US wasn’t stuck in Kabul airport, Biden might have offered some sleepy words.
Qari Fasihuddin, Tajik who negotiated Badakhshan to Taliban, is talking to Panjshir.
Andarabians near Khenjan trying to stop Taliban from Kunduz from reaching SE Baghlan.
Andarab Valley opens into Panjshir Valley.
So long as nations increase refugee quotas, the Kabul airport situation will worsen.
Nor do you need Taliban for that.
Here’s a map of major insurgent groups in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War, since I’m going into origins.
Dostum’s Junbish isn’t on here because this map was drawn up in 1985 and he was with the communist USSR until 1992.
The origin of Taliban / Haqqani is both split from Khalis which split from Gulbuddin.
They’re remnants of OG Mujahideen in exile and absorbed some of what remained of other factions, Pakistani conspiracies aside. Someone asked me who they were, so I wanted to write that down while I’m on the topic.
Gulbuddin’s Hizbi Islami coat of arms.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan coat of arms.
CIA memo from March 2010 discussing how to shore up support for the War in Afghanistan by highlighting stories of refugees, women, drugs, terrorism, and so forth. They use this tactic across the board. If you feel like you’re being emotionally manipulated, you probably are.
Taliban launched counterattack against Andarabians in southeast Baghlan.
The status of Panjshir is being settled in this battlefield as a proxy.