The operation of the Taliban* forces to clean Panjshir and Andarab from the fighters of the National Resistance Front failed
Hindu Kush, February 25 - "Sangar", Hasib Sangari. They retreated with heavy losses. Several resistance fighters were also killed.
A Sangar correspondent on the scene reported that on 3 Huta 1400 AH (February 22, 2022), Taliban forces attacked the bases of the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces in the Duab area of Shutul district, Panjshir province.
Hasib Panjsheri, one of the NRF commanders, told the Sangar that they had become aware of the Taliban's plans four days before the large-scale operation.
"According to our information, in this operation, about 700 Red Brigade and Badri fighters, in cooperation with about 5,000 local, as well as Kandahar and Helmand Taliban, based in Panjshir, were simultaneously supposed to attack the resistance bases in Manjaur, Abdullakhel, Dara, Shaba, Hessae Avval, Annaba and upper bases of the valley. Mullah Yaqub, the Taliban Minister of Defense, led the operation, but in the late afternoon, they retreated from the areas of Murghi, Arzu, Duaba, and the villages of Istifal, Chashmae Ab, and Ruydara of the Shutul district. Mullah Yaqub also returned to Kabul,” Hasib Panjshiri said.
Nine Taliban fighters were killed in the operation, he said, including Mullah Izzatullah, a Red Brigade deputy commander from Shah Walikut, Kandahar province. Of the fighters of the NRF, two were killed - Abdulazim Tufan, a resident of Panjshir, and Matin Gozargah, a resident of Kabul.
PHOTO: Abdulazim Tufan (right), Hasib Panjsheri (center) and Matin Guzargah (left)
The correspondent of "Sangar" reports that during the clashes, the Taliban shot dead a young man named Wahidullah, the son of Mullah Abulmajun, a resident of the village of Istifolu, Shutul district, who was grazing his cattle in the mountains, with sniper weapons.
“Wahidullah's brother was the first to join the Taliban. He himself is wounded. Wahidullah's body lay on a high mountain for two days. He was found, brought, and buried,” he said.
The correspondent of "Sangar" reports that of the total number of Taliban detachments sent to Shutul, only 25 of them remained in the Ruidara mosque, and the rest left the area.
“Heavy snowfall and foggy weather caused the Taliban to abandon the operation in Panjshir. According to the information, they intend to resume air and ground attacks in the coming days,” he said.
The valley or district of Shutul is the beginning of Panjshir and is located on the left side of Dahanai Panjshir, the entrance to the valley from the western part - the province of Parvan. Resistance Front fighters under the command of Hasib Panjshiri and Wazir Shutul are in the Shutul camp.
Video: Commander Hasib Panjsheri vs. Taliban helicopter
Meanwhile, the Sangar correspondent reports an increase in the number of attacks by NRF fighters in other parts of Panjshir, as well as the provinces of Baghlan, Kapisa, Parwan, and Kabul, which are described below:
- Two Taliban fighters were killed and two injured in an attack by NRF fighters at a Taliban checkpoint in the Puli Mulla Habib area, Tahposhta area, Hisae Duwum Quhistan district, Kapisa province.
- On the morning of 4 Hut or 23 February, the forces of Commander Khair Mohammad Andarabi attacked a Taliban base in the Kishanbad area, Banu district in Andarab, killing two people and injuring one.
- In another guerrilla attack by the NRF on a convoy of Taliban vehicles in the Puli Qarabag area, Kuhdoman district in Kabul province, three Taliban were killed, five more were wounded and two ranger vehicles were destroyed.
- On the same day, in a surprise attack, the NRF soldiers surrounded a Taliban ranger car in the Shahidan area near the football gymnasium of Jabalussiraj district, Parwan province, and took six militants with all their military equipment to an unknown location.
- On Hut 5 (February 24), a roadside mine was set off by the NRF fighters in front of the Higher Lyceum in the village of Bazarak, Panjer province. The target was a Taliban ranger vehicle. As a result, 3 Taliban were killed and three more wounded.
- Eight Taliban fighters were killed, three more were seriously injured, and their Humvee was completely destroyed as a result of an attack by NRF fighters in the Deh Bulbul area, Hisae Duvum Kuhiston district, Kapisa province.
*The organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities.
