Luke Coffey
In 2021 the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan after President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal. Since then, the situation there has deteriorated considerably. The country faces an acute humanitarian crisis affecting millions and has once again become a haven for transnational terrorism.
The National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan
Since the Taliban’s return to power, only one credible and non-extremist group has been willing to take up arms in opposition: the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan, led by Ahmad Massoud. Based in the Panjshir Province and operating in more than a dozen other provinces, the NRF has continued to fight against the Taliban against all odds and without any international support.
The NRF has two primary focuses:
Military resistance. The organization is working to expand its grassroots armed resistance nationwide, starting by holding Panjshir and conducting asymmetric attacks. In the long term, it seeks to control provinces beyond Panjshir and build a broader operational base—similar to the Northern Alliance in the 1990s. Given the group’s limited resources, persuading local power brokers to defect will be essential.
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