Taliban forces suffered a brutal defeat in the Kasan Valley, Andarabs region of Baghlan province.
HINDUKUSH, April 08 - Sangar, Hasib Sangar. Currently, clashes are taking place in three parts of the valley - the villages of Kosatarash, Pashai, and the Jar valley.
Mullah Nazukmir Sahibzadeh, better known as Mullah Nazuk Andarabi, commander of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (in the foto) in Darai Jar (Jar Valley), told the Sangar website that three days earlier, Taliban forces in about 15 Rangers and Humvees entered Kosatarash, but there was no clash, and they arrived at Darae Jar.
“The enemy entered the Jar Valley with all force. First, the Taliban entered the village, we did nothing. They said to let them check. But then, when they came up the mountain to pursue us, we began to attack them. Today, the fighters of Kasatarash and Pashai also entered the battle. At the moment, the main battles are taking place in the Jar Valley and Boloi Darband of Kasatarash,” said Mulla Nazuk Andarabi.
According to him, during the clashes in the Jar Valley, which lasted two days, 5 Taliban were killed, the number of wounded is unknown.
“Their bodies were left on the battlefield. The dead were one Pashtun from Baghlan and four from Kotale Murga, Nahrin district. The Taliban sent the elders of Qasan to us to get the bodies of their dead, and we allowed them to do so,” said Mullah Nazuk Andarabi.
In the photo: resistance fighters of the Jar Valley
Meanwhile, on April 7, in Deh Salah, the center of the district of the same name, a clash broke out between Taliban commanders, as a result, three were killed.
A source for the Sangar website in Deh Salah said that there was a clash between Qari Hamid, the commander of the district police's team, an ethnic Tajik, and the Pashtun Taliban of Baghlan.
“The Baghlan Taliban wanted to search the house of Qari Hamid, but he did not allow it, and they entered into battle. As a result of this clash, Qari Hamid himself and his bodyguard were killed, and on the other hand, one Taliban from Baghlan, ” said the source.
The Taliban operation in the Qasan Valley continues from Wednesday, April 6. In addition to Mullah Nazuk Andarabi in the Jar Valley, other commanders of the National Resistance Front such as Sanjarkhan, Khodabakhsh Kasani, Abdulhasankhan, Shirin Agha, Mujahid Andarabi, and others fought against the Taliban forces in the villages of Qasatarash and Pashai.
Siddiqullah Shuja, another commander whom Independent Farsi calls the commander of the Afghan Freedom Front in Andarabah, is also fighting alongside the commanders of the National Resistance Front in the village of Kasatarash.
According to various sources, the Taliban sent about 1500 forces to Andarab, including the laser group, the Red Unit, the Al-Fatah corps of Mazar Sharif, local Taliban, and foreign terrorists in the province of Baghlan. About 600 of them are located in the Qasan valley. The rest were sent to other parts of Andarab such as Baghdara, Navbahar, and Shashband.
The exact number of Taliban casualties in the last four days of fighting is unknown, with the exception of the eight people mentioned above, especially in the fighting in Casatarash and Pashai. At the same time, there are reports of ambulances moving between Deh Salah and the Qasan Valley, but there is no exact information about the injured.
Sangar sources report Taliban planes and helicopters flying over the skies in different areas of Andarabs and Khosts and the possibility of a larger war in the coming days.
Defense Minister Mullah Yaqub, Taliban Chief of Staff Qari Fasehuddin, and Taliban Governor Qari Bakhtiar in Baghlan are reportedly there.
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