The NSD had come under loud condemnation for its abuse of Taliban detainees, documented by Western media, including the Star. “You don’t understand this country,” Saleh sighed. Now he’s fled to the Panjshir Valley, reportedly gathering together a resistance force against the triumphant Taliban and banging off never-surrender declarations on social media. Massoud didn’t get it until the 9/11 assaults he didn’t live to see. If there is a muscular anti-Taliban resistance taking shape, that will bring Afghanistan full circle, plunging the country again into civil war.

Source: thestar August 18, 2021 23:37 UTC