▲ Vice President Saleh’s older brother Rhoula Aziji
The Taliban are said to have retaliated in brutal retaliation, including the execution of Rhoula Ajiji, the older brother of first Vice President Amrula Saleh, who led the resistance, and blocking the burial of his body.
According to Reuters, the Taliban found and executed Vice President Saleh’s older brother after seizing the capital and other strongholds of the rebels’ stronghold in Panjishir province.
Saleh’s nephew said in a text message to a Reuters reporter that “they killed his uncle, Rhoula Aziji, on the 9th and prevented him from burying him on the 9th.”
Taliban media outlet Alemarah reported that “Rohula Ajiji was killed in fighting in Panjishir.”
Indian media reported that Rhoula Ajigi was captured and killed by the Taliban when they learned that he was the older brother of Vice President Saleh while trying to leave Panjishir.
Vice President Saleh, who declared acting president after the Taliban regained power in 20 years on the 15th of last month, and Ahmad Massoud, son of the late Ahmad Shah Massoud, who is called the ‘national wealth’ of Afghanistan, formed the resistance group ‘Afghan National Resistance Front’ in Panjisir. I did.
The resistance forces refused to surrender and fought against the Taliban, but on the 6th of this month they were defeated by the Taliban and surrendered the Panjisir capital of Bazarak, and the Taliban flag was hung at the provincial government buildings.
The Taliban declared victory, saying “the war in Afghanistan is over”, but the resistance forces took advantage of the valley’s topographical features to switch to guerrilla warfare and fight to the end.
The Taliban claimed that Vice President Saleh and Massoud fled to Tajikistan and Turkey respectively.
Afghanistan’s ambassador to Tajikistan Muhammad Zohir Agbar held a press conference on the 8th, denying rumors of the escape, saying, “Both of them remain fighting in Panjisir.”
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