1. Taliban propaganda accounts have been reporting that the #NorthernAlliance has been defeated. What I think is happening is the Taliban have cut electricity and cell phones, so the resistance leaders need to communicate likely via satellite phone.
https://twitter.com/BBCYaldaHakim/status/1433827311271489540
2. This is a BBC post that confirms that @AmrullahSaleh2 is still in Afghanistan, and I presume that the reports of the defeat are simply Taliban propaganda. Other reports also confirm heavy fighting and loses on both sides. When a force uses such easily proven false propaganda
3. it can be a sign that their support within their irregular fighting force is not holding, and they are trying to prevent further defections like the ones that have been reported recently. Clearly the fight for Panjshir appears to not be over and Taliban that is primarily a
4. Pakistani foreign invader is facing the fate of all Afghan invaders. A small commitment of US supply and drones to assist in the fight could turn the tide and cause the Taliban to have to consider the negotiating part of the Feb 29, 2020 agreement that
5. the Biden administration's decision to not provide a surge to stop the rout allowed them to ignore.
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