Resistance to the Taliban resumes in north-eastern Afghanistan
Unless the regime becomes more inclusive, unrest may spread
Along the walls of a building used by the government in Bazarak in Afghanistan’s Panjshir valley, battered pick-ups are stacked on top of each other, awaiting repairs. The beige Ford trucks were once driven by the Afghan army. Now they belong to the Taliban fighters who took power last year. Some look as if they have merely had a prang on a mountain road. Others are full of bullet holes and mangled by explosions.
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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Indomitable valley”
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