In an exclusive interview to CNN-News18, Afghanistan’s ‘acting’ President Amrullah Saleh highlighted the security situation in the Panjshir valley, where the anti-Taliban forces are amassing and the Taliban find themselves struggling to quell the resistance.
“It’s perfect. We are in control of the situation. I move around with minimum security. It’s an area which has an exceptional reputation,” Amrullah Saleh told CNN-news18.
Ten days ago, the Taliban marched on Kabul and seized the city in a single bloodless day, forcing Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to flee the capital city and the civilians to look for safer havens. While UAE granted asylum to Ghani, Amrullah Saleh declared himself ‘caretaker’ president of Afghanistan and has joined hands with the Panjshir resistance movement against the Taliban.
Vice-president Saleh, who was born and trained to fight there has vowed it will reprise that role after he declared himself caretaker head of state.
Panjshir Valley,…