Fierce fighting between the Taliban and the enemy in the Bunjir Valley

D.He is said to have been involved in a fierce battle with the radical Islamic Taliban and their enemies in the Bunsir Valley on Friday. A spokesman for the anti-Islam movement said troops led by Taliban rival Ahmed Masood were engaged in heavy fighting with the Taliban.

Happy scenes were heard in Kabul on Friday evening as rumors spread that the Taliban had captured the Pondicherry Valley. The resident of the valley denied this AFP News Agency By phone.

Fortress of resistance

The videos were distributed on Twitter accounts loyal to the Taliban. Both sides said on Twitter that the important Barjan district had been temporarily taken over by the Taliban. These reports cannot be verified independently.

The Pondicherry Valley was a stronghold of resistance against the Taliban in the 1990s and never came under Islamist control. After the Taliban regained power three weeks ago, another protest movement emerged in the valley led by the famous Afghan warrior and Taliban rival Ahmed Shah Masood.

Ahmed Masood’s father fought against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, and during the Taliban rule between 1996 and 2001, he fought against the Islamists. On September 9, 2001, he was killed by two suicide bombers belonging to the Al Qaeda terrorist network – leading to international military action in Afghanistan two days before the attack.