Two new anti-Taliban armed groups emerged in Afghanistan

On March 25, an armed group called the “High Council of Resistance” led by Atta Muhammad Nur, the executive chairman of the Jamiat-e-Islami Party of Afghanistan, announced its existence. The group has stated that its goal is to fight the Taliban.

Simultaneously with this event, another armed group called the “Hazara Military Front” announced its existence against the Taliban. The group has announced its organizational framework based on following the ideas of the martyred “Abdul Ali Mazari”, the leader of Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami of Afghanistan, and its goal is the armed struggle against the Taliban.

These are the third and fourth armed groups to declare their existence against the Taliban in recent months.

Earlier, the Afghan Freedom Front and the Turkestan Freedom Tigers armed group had launched guerrilla operations against Taliban positions and announced their existence.

With the onset of winter and severe cold in Afghanistan’s mountains, Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is on the rise. This, along with the weak Taliban government, has caused great concern among the Afghan people and increased migration to other countries.

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