Posted on 09/20/2021 9:26:55 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
An old man in the Panjshir Valley sadly describes the last stand resistance fighters made against the Taliban's relentless sweep of Afghanistan: "There were too many of them." Leaning against the door of a closed shop in the village of Khenj, Abdul Wajeed said the group's forces massed in September at the mouth of the valley, north of the capital Kabul.
The sight of dozens of armoured Taliban vehicles powering through the narrow gorge is burned into his memory.
"There was nothing more we could do," he said.
For three days his village and the National Resistance Forces (NRF) -- a mix of Panjshiri fighters and remnants of the defeated national army -- had fired "with heavy weapons" from the rugged cliffs above the valley.
The charred and twisted wrecks of more than a dozen Taliban vehicles are testimony to their intense struggle.
But the hardline Islamists continued their relentless advance, emboldened by sweeping victories across the rest of the country and armed with an enormous weapons arsenal seized from the Afghan army.
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"We were surprised, we did not know what to do," said one NRF fighter, who remains hidden in Panjshir. "We did not have enough weapons."
In Malaspa, a farming village surrounded by lush fields, 67-year-old Khol Mohammad said the Islamists convoy had been so large it seemed like "a thousand vehicles full of Taliban" had swept in.
Panjshir fighters earned a legendary reputation for resistance, defending their mountain homes first from the Soviet military for a decade, throughout the following civil war, and against the first Taliban regime from 1996-2001.
The 115-kilometre (70-mile) valley surrounded by jagged snow-capped peaks offers defenders a natural advantage.
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Ten percent for The Big Guy.
It was Pakistan’s air force that defeated them.
ValleyGurl Psak will circle back with ‘context’ and insight from the Jiao Bidementia administration.
Caught completely off guard with zero time to organize doesn’t help. If they were going to be left completely on their own they should have had some warning and have some time to prepare. Biden just completely abandoned them suddenly and let the Taliban have our equipment to boot.
Was it worth it tp the American voter? Apparently not.
It’s this their subliminal hopeful foreshadowing for America? Expecting us patriots to surrender to our deep state overlords without a fight?
Sometimes I wish that India would just kick the living s**t out of Pakistan.
Well done, XiJinBiden’s handlers.
It will all bust up into warring tribes like it always has. Too many criminals who want to be at the top of the food chain.
Verizon important article about Taliban massed vehicles attack star strategies, mainly overwhelming armored attacks, heavy machine guns and cannons used in a blitzkrieg style.
Something to add to lessons learned.
Yes, Biden’s Obamunists handlers and their Pakistan fundamentalist ISI Allies.
testing...
Yes according to a retired General on Indian TV the NRF beat the tar out of the Taliban and they had to flee. Then they cried to the Paki’s who sent armed forces and Cobra gunships.
A couple of days ago unidentified jets bombed Taliban locations in the Panshir valley. Reports are that afghan air force pilots got away in a dozen or more jets to Tajikistan so I’m guessing it was them or the Russians.
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