Posted on 08/22/2021 12:42:28 AM PDT by ransomnote
While the Taliban now controls virtually all of Afghanistan, including the country’s capital, Kabul, one region, the Panjshir Valley, remains outside of the group’s tightening grip. Now, a resistance movement is forming there, led by, among others, Amrullah Saleh, who had been First Vice President of Afghanistan until the collapse of the internationally-recognized government this past weekend, and now claims to be the legitimate leader of the country.
Yesterday, in a post on Twitter, Saleh declared himself “the legitimate care taker [sic] President,” citing the constitution of the now all-but-defunct Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which says the First Vice President assumes this role “in absence, escape, resignation or death of the President.”
The Islamic Republic’s last President, Ashraf Ghani, fled the country as the Taliban advanced toward Kabul and unconfirmed rumors are swirling that he and his entourage escaped with $169 million in cash. His whereabouts were uncertain until today, when officials in the United Arab Emirates confirmed he was in their country, having been allowed in on “humanitarian grounds.”
SNIP
6:26 AM · Aug 18, 2021·Twitter Web App
Panjiri resistance should attack the Chinese and Russians that are going to come in.
We should arm them. What comes around, goes around.
Not our circus.
I understand this area is so remote that it can be safely ignored. Hard to get in but also hard to break out.
It’s like old times. Fire up Toby Keith’s The Taliban Song. :)
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