Opponents of Taliban Ready to Start Guerilla warfare in North of Afghanistan

Despite a series of recent successes achieved by the Taliban (an Afghani Islamist militant movement), a fledging resistance against the movements is starting to form in Panjshir Province in the northern part of the country.

This province is the only area that is still outside the control of the Taliban so far.

Amrullah Saleh, Vice of former Afghani President Ashraf Ghani and Ahmed Shah Masood Jr., son of the late Afghani warlord, lead the opponent forces of the Taliban.

Masood announced that locals in Panjshir are ready to fight the Taliban as they aren't approved to surrender their province to the Taliban.

Panjshir is one of thirty-four states in Afghanistan.

Most of the population of that state has Tajik origins.

It has strategic importance due to mountain paths that link the southern and northern parts of Afghanistan to the state.

Its precipitous landscape and river tributaries make the state a fortified castle indomitable by the invading forces.

Panjshir can only be reached through a narrow pass from Charikar district in the neighboring Parwan province.

It was here that the movement's opponents dealt the Taliban's first blow.

Last week, Saleh and Masoud's units recaptured Charikar from Taliban fighters and took control of the road to the deep mountain valley.

Moreover, the anti-Taliban fighters managed to cut off the strategic route through the Salang Tunnel, which connects Kabul with Mazar-i-Sharif, the largest city in northern Afghanistan.

These military successes seriously hampered the Taliban supply operations.

It appears that Panjshir is a "bone" in the throat of the new authorities in Afghanistan.

However, the Taliban has not yet attempted to break into the stronghold of the resistance.

Ahmed Masoud Jr. had addressed the international community and called in a letter published by the Washington Post, a US daily newspaper, for assistance with weapons, ammunition, and equipment, stressing that the Taliban is not a problem for the Afghan people only and that extremists can turn the country into a major springboard for terrorism to attack democratic countries.