According to one of the field commanders, Ahmad Masoud, the forces of former Vice President Amrullah Saleh, soldiers of the Afghan regular army, “who were outraged by the surrender of their commanders,” the Afghan special forces, joined his troops.
According to Interfax, opponents of the Taliban (the Taliban is a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation) asked the United States and the West to supply weapons and equipment to fight against the Taliban movement that seized power in the country.
“We need more weapons, more ammunition and more equipment. America and its democratic allies are not just fighting terrorism with Afghans. We have a long history of shared ideals and struggles. There is still much you can do to help the cause of freedom. You are our only remaining hope”, wrote Ahmad Masood, who currently leads the resistance forces in non-Taliban-controlled Panjshir province, in The Washington Post.
He is the son of the head of the Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Massoud, who also opposed the Taliban and was killed by al-Qaeda (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation). Masoud said that his fighters have a certain stock of weapons and ammunition”, which we have patiently collected since my father’s time, because we knew that this day might come”. He assured that he and his fighters would “defend Panjshir as the last bastion of Afghan freedom”.
“But this is not enough. If the Taliban warlords launch an offensive, they will surely face strong resistance from us. Yet we know that our military and logistical support will not be enough. They will quickly deplete unless our friends in the West find a way to provide for us without delay”, he writes, adding that he“ begs the friends of Afghanistan to intercede for them.
Massoud stressed: “The Taliban is not a problem for the Afghan people only. Under Taliban control, Afghanistan will no doubt become the epicenter of radical Islamist terrorism; here again plots against democracies will hatch”.