New Delhi: With the move of former Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh to an undisclosed location amid the Taliban’s control of the Panjshir Valley, reports suggest that the Taliban have killed his brother Rohullah Azizi, one of the leaders of the anti-Taliban opposition forces in the Panjshir Valley. became one of
The Taliban claimed control of the provincial center of Panjshir, a disturbed mountainous region that was the last home of resistance forces.
Azizi’s nephew Ebadullah Saleh informed Reuters via a text message. Ibadullah Saleh wrote, “They killed my uncle. They killed him yesterday and didn’t let us bury him. They kept saying his body would rot.”
The update was also shared by the Urdu language account of Taliban information service Alemrah, which cited reports that Rohullah Saleh was killed during the fighting in Panjshir. The location of Saleh, the former head of the National Directorate of Security, the intelligence service of the Western-backed government that collapsed in August, is also unclear.
Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front, which protested against the Taliban and was loyal to local leader Ahmed Masood, has reiterated its position of opposing the Taliban even after the fall of the provincial capital of Panjshir, Bajrak.
The Taliban, on the other hand, have canceled the opening ceremony of their newly formed interim government in Afghanistan. Earlier, it was reported that the opening ceremony is likely to be held on September 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
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