– We will never give up the fight for God, freedom and justice, the leader of the National Resistance Front wrote on his Facebook page on Saturday.
Massoud confirms his continued will to fight after there were unconfirmed rumors on Friday that Panjshirdalen had been conquered by the Taliban and the resistance leaders had fled abroad.
Former Vice President Amrullah Saleh, who says he currently lives in his home province of Panjshir Valley, also made a statement in a Twitter message Friday night, saying that opposition to the Taliban continues.
For five days, there have been fierce fighting between the Taliban and opposition fighters in the Panjshir Valley, the only part of Afghanistan over which the Taliban does not yet have control.
Short talks on a peaceful solution have failed, and the Taliban’s offer to Massoud for a seat in the next government has been rejected.
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