President Emomali Rahmon intends to provide convincing arguments for Panjshir during a forthcoming meeting with Putin.
The authorities of Tajikistan have become the only vocal critic of the new government in Afghanistan among the leaderships in other Central Asian states. The resistance leaders in Panjshir province have received protection in Dushanbe, the international business newspaper Financial Times reported on September 29.
President Emomali Rahmon intends to provide arguments for resisting the Taliban (a terrorist organisation banned in Russia) to his counterpart during a forthcoming meeting with the leader of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
This month, the Tajik leader has awarded the highest honour to Ahmad Shah Massoud, the father of the leader of Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front Ahmad Massoud for his support during the civil war in Tajikistan.
According to Financial Times, Rahmon wants to use the Taliban threat as “a pretext for a further crackdown on the opposition” and the introduction of more counter-terrorism measures.
Panjshir is currently using Dushanbe as a base to plan its next steps. “We plan to announce formal resistance to the Taliban within a month,” the leader of Afghanistan National Congress Party Abdul Latif Pedram said. He hopes to gain more backing from Russia, the traditional guarantor of security in Central Asia.
