Challenge to Taliban from Northern Alliance and Amrulllah Saleh

Amrulllah Saleh, The first Vice president in Ashraf Ghani regime, has joined the hands with son of 'Lion of Panjshir', hoping to galvanise the population into forming a cohort of resistance.
Amrulllah Saleh, The 49 year old first Vice President in the former Ashraf Ghani regime, has declared himself President of the Republic of Afghanistan, and Tweeted " According to the explicit provision of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, in case of absence, escape or death of the President the first Vice President will be acting President. I am inside the country and I am legally and legitimately in charge of this position /chair. I am consulting with all the leaders of the Country to strengthen this position".

Recently, A photo from Panjshir got viral, where Amrulllah Saleh is in meeting with Northern Alliance and the Leader of Northern Alliance Ahmed Massoud.

Afghan soldiers, who had managed to hide themselves from Taliban troops, are reportedly arriving in Panjshir at the call of Ahmad Massoud, son of late Afghan politician Ahmad Shah Massoud, and forming a strong alliance against Taliban in Northern parts of Afghanistan. 

What is Northern Alliance :
The Afghan Northern Alliance, officially known as the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan, was a military alliance of rebel groups that formed in 1996, and operated against Taliban between 1996-2001. The Northern Alliance was originally assembled by key leaders of Afghanistan, particularly President Burhanuddin Rabbani and former Defence Minister Ahmad Shah Massoud. It initially included mostly Tajiks but by 2000, leaders of other ethnic groups had also joined the Northern Alliance.

The Northern Alliance fought a defensive war against the Taliban government. They received support from India, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, USA and Turkmenistan. By 2001 they controlled almost 10% Afghanistan and that never fall into Taliban. 

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