DIn February, the largest parties in Afghanistan agreed on an alliance to protect the north of the country. In the north, there are two cities out of the last three main points under the control of the government, including Kabul
In the north of Afghanistan, against the background of the rapid offensive of the Taliban movement banned in Russia, new popular resistance forces have been formed. This is reported by Al Jazeera.
The two largest parties of the country have agreed on a military alliance: the “Islamic Society” (“Jamiyati Islami”, unites mainly the Tajik and Farsi-speaking population of Afghanistan, the FSB list of terrorist organizations banned in Russia includes “Jamaat-i-Islami”) and the “National Islamic Movement” (NIDA, unites the Turkic-speaking population of the country).
The leader of the NIDA, Marshal Abdul-Rashida Dostum, and the leader of the “Islamic Society” Atta Muhammad Nur promised to protect Balkh province and the rest of northern Afghanistan from the Taliban. Dostum noted the special importance of Balkh, calling this region the “northern gate” of the country.
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First Vice-President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh, in turn, said that the necessary conditions for an armed repulse of the Taliban by the population will be created in all provinces.
According to Al Jazeera, most of the north, west and south of the country is now under the control of the Taliban militants. Government forces hold only three of the largest cities: in the north-the capital of the republic of Kabul and the capital of Balkh Mazar-I-Sharif, in the east-Jalalabad.
On Friday, the militants managed to seize the city of Puli Alam, which is only 50 km away from Kabul. The Afghan authorities also admitted that the Taliban captured the second largest city of Afghanistan-Kandahar.
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