The Taliban offers an agreement to the conquered Punjir, the link was sent via Rusov – PRAVDA.sk

Russia’s ambassador to Kabul said on Saturday that the Taliban had asked its embassy to submit a bid for a deal to representatives of the only area of ​​Afghanistan not controlled by the militant movement. The AP agency informed about it.

A Taliban fighter on guard on the Afghan side while people wait to cross the border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov said that according to the legacy of the Taliban’s political leadership representative for the Panjshir Valley fighters, the movement hopes to reach a political agreement to resolve the situation there, which would prevent both sides from spilling blood.

Prominent representatives of Punjir have announced resistance to the Taliban in recent days, saying they will not recognize it as the legitimate ruler of Afghanistan. Several Afghan officials have taken refuge in Punjir, including Vice President Amrullah Salih, who has declared himself the country’s interim president.

According to some sources, more than 6,000 fighters from the army, special forces and local militias have gathered in the valley. There were also reports on Saturday that the troops had conquered three districts in the neighboring province of Baghlan north of Punjir, Reuters reported.

The province of Punjir in the valley of the same name north of the Afghan capital Kabul was the bastion of the former anti – Tibetan Northern Alliance, which was an ally of the United States during the military intervention in Afghanistan in 2001.

During its rule in 1996-2001, the Taliban did not conquer Punjir, despite being only about 100 kilometers from Kabul. The mountainous valley with a narrow entrance is relatively easy to defend, the DPA agency said. Reuters adds that the valley was not conquered by Soviet troops in the 1980s and is still “littered” with the wreckage of Soviet armed vehicles destroyed in the fighting at the time.