For the past few months, Taliban forces in Northern Afghanistan, particularly in the provinces of Badakhshan and Panjshir, have been subjected to nearly daily attacks by anti-Taliban factions such as the National Resistance Front (NRF), Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF), and the recently established Sipah e-Mihan. The Taliban has recently intensified its deployment in these restive regions and has initiated covert operations to locate resistance commanders.

Haseeb Panjshiri, also known as Koye Markaz, the operations commander of NRF, was slain in an ambush by Taliban special forces in the Salang valley as a consequence of these operations. Commander Rubin Sattar, who previously served as Hajeeb Pajshiri’s deputy, was interviewed by Manish Rai, a geopolitical analyst of the Af-Pak region. Sattar currently serves as the commander of the special operations unit of the National Resistance Front (NRF), Unit 01.

Commander Sattar has launched a series of daring attacks on Taliban forces in the aftermath of the killing of the NRF operations commander. The most notable of these attacks was the one on the Taliban military hospital in the capital, Kabul. It should be noted that the National Resistance Front (NRF) is the largest anti-Taliban resistance group, and it is believed to have 5,000 fighters, the majority of whom are former Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers.

Question 1: Recently, NRF suffered a major setback when its famous operations commander, Hajeeb Panjshiri, was killed in an ambush by the Taliban special forces. Many analysts believe that it won’t be easy for NRF to recover from the loss of its main commander. What is your opinion about it?

Commander Sattar: The loss of Commander Hasib Panjshiri is undoubtedly a major blow to all freedom fighters; however, it is clear that throughout history, the price of victory has always been........

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