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A number of Afghan political figures announced the formation of the so-called "Supreme Council of National Resistance of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan" to confront the new government formed by the Taliban movement after it took control of the capital, Kabul last mid-August.

This announcement was made on Friday by Ataa Muhammad Nour, who heads the dissident wing of the Islamic Society party led by Salah al-Din (son of jihadi leader Burhan al-Din Rabbani), without revealing the council's headquarters.

It is known that all the founders of the Front live outside Afghanistan, mostly in Turkey, the Emirates, India and Tajikistan.

The statement issued contains two parts “political and military,” and what was stated in it can be summarized as follows:


political efforts

The Front focuses on a peaceful solution to the crisis and the resumption of negotiations with the Taliban, accusing the previous government of treachery and conspiracy, which paved the way for the dismantling of the army.

The statement says, "The Supreme Council of National Resistance prefers solving the fateful issues in Afghanistan through dialogue and negotiations, and that resuming them is necessary and important to ending the conflict in the country."

He added, "These negotiations must aim to achieve a lasting and dignified peace that guarantees the rebuilding of the republic on the basis of Islamic principles and the establishment of an elected system with the fair participation of all segments of society, political currents and segments of society, and guarantees the basic rights of citizens, especially women, children and minorities."

defense efforts

After the outgoing President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani left and the Taliban movement formed its government, this is the first reaction of the personalities and leaders of political parties regarding the political and military developments. The Front’s statement summarized its position as follows:

That in the event the Taliban does not accept a political solution, the front will choose the second option, which is "military activity" and that the other party (the movement) will bear the responsibility for the situation and what will lead to matters."

As for the other item in the Front's statement, it says, "The Front will appoint a fact-finding mission to investigate the causes of the sudden collapse of the Islamic Republic and identify those involved in this shameful deal."

Praise and invite

The Front commends the international community for not recognizing the government formed by the Taliban, and calls on the United Nations and all countries not to recognize the Taliban government, which the Front describes as an "authoritarian government that does not respect human and women's rights and ignores religious minorities and the official languages ​​of Afghanistan."

It also called on the Taliban to stop the systematic killing and detention of military and security personnel in the previous government, and to start direct and constructive negotiations with the "resistance front."

The Front calls on the international community and international relief agencies to provide direct humanitarian aid to the Afghan people.

Afghan government formed by the Taliban (Reuters)

Details and refusal

The front's statement did not give details about the members, but sources in the front told Al Jazeera Net, "The most prominent members are the former jihadi leader Abd Rab al-Rasoul Sayyaf, the leader of the Islamic Unity Party Muhammad Muhaqiq, the leader of the dissident wing of the Islamic Society Party, Ata Muhammad Nour, and General Abdul Rashid Dostum, the former deputy. For the outgoing president, Ghani, and Yunus Qanooni.

The source added to Al Jazeera Net, "The Resistance Front is discussing with the rest of its members that Sayyaf should head the front and that Nour will be a deputy for political affairs and General Dostum as a deputy for military affairs."

The membership of these figures in the front was rejected by former President Hamid Karzai, his deputy Karim Khalili, leader of the Islamic Unity Party, and Salah al-Din Rabbani, the former foreign minister, and a source in Karzai's office told Al Jazeera Net, "Sayyaf called the office of the former president to talk about forming the Resistance Front, but Karzai refused to talk to him."

Taliban position

Despite the passage of 3 months from the announcement of the new government, the Taliban did not announce its position on political activity and political parties, and when the front was announced, the movement's reaction was strong and described the founders of the front as old faces that only thought of their interests.

"People have tried these characters and we do not allow activities that lead to chaos in Afghanistan, we hope that these people will reconsider their actions and resume their normal lives," Bilal Karim, a member of the cultural committee of the new government, told Al Jazeera Net.

Karimi stressed that the Taliban announced an end to the war and eliminated the elements of sedition, and what they can do, they have not been able to do anything during the past 20 years when everything was in their hands, and the movement will confront everyone who causes chaos in the country.

After Ghani's departure, former government and political figures took refuge in Tajikistan, India and Turkey for their lives, and they expected the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan.

When the matter went against their expectations, and they realized that they had no place in the new squad and that they had left the political equation, they began making moves in the diaspora.

A former security source living in Turkey told Al Jazeera Net, "The head of the Afghan negotiations delegation, Muhammad Masum Stanekzai, came to Turkey and met Dostum and discussed with him the formation of the resistance front against the new government."

He added, "Stanekzai and former Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar, who sought refuge in Germany, were behind the formation of this front."

moves and efforts

For their part, others consider that these moves and efforts are doomed to failure for many reasons, the most important of which is that they need a popular incubator, and that the Afghan people are tired of war and cannot meet this call, and that members of the Front are involved in corruption and stealing people’s money, and that they care about their interests and want to have a role only .

Academic Asad Wahidi told Al-Jazeera Net, "These figures do not have popular weight," noting that Tajikistan, India, Germany and France want to support and help the front to pressure the Taliban and accept them as partners in the government.

He expressed his belief that the front will not engage in military activity inside Afghanistan, and its goal is to obtain a political role in the future, and it cannot be a substitute for the Taliban, and it is an attempt to pressure the movement only.