The National Resistance Front for Afghanistan has said it is prepared to fight on, reports Kim Sengupta in Kabul
Ahmad Massoud, sitting under a photograph of his father Ahmad Shah Massoud, the renowned mujahideen leader, and Amrullah Saleh, vice-president of the recently defeated Afghan government, have declared an armed resistance has begun against the Taliban.
General Bismillah Khan Mohammedi, the former defence minister, is another commander in the fightback against the Islamists and Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, the Uzbek warlord, may, it is claimed, also join.
Whether the National Resistance Front for Afghanistan, based in the Panjshir Valley, the traditional stronghold of the Northern Alliance, and the last area unconquered by the Taliban, turns into a viable force remains to be seen.
Two of the three people mentioned in the article have previously been accused of human rights violations following the Talibans last attempt at governing Afghanistan
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