The Taliban has reportedly slashed telecommunication services in resistance stronghold

published 30 August 2021

The Taliban has cut off telecommunications services in Afghanistan's Panjshir province, which is home to the budding resistance movement led by Ahmad Massoud, Tolo News reports.

Massoud and other political leaders who have come to Panjshir are willing to negotiate with the Taliban and hope to avoid a conflict, but Ali Nazry, the rebels' head of foreign affairs, told the Journal the Taliban is "unwilling to make any concessions" while the resistance remains committed to only accepting a deal that lays the groundwork for a truly inclusive government. Read more at The Wall Street Journal.

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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.

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