Amidst the complete takeover of Afghanistan by the Islamic terror group Taliban, a resistance force, led by Ahmad Massoud, son of late Afghan politician Ahmad Shah Massoud - known as the "Lion" of Panjshir, are gaining in strength in the Panjshir valley, north of Kabul.
Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rehman Barq had on August 16 hailed the Taliban and likened them to the freedom fighters who fought for India’s independence
Gabbard blamed the American 'elite', including mainstream media, politicians, defense contractors, for stretching the Afghanistan mission for 20 years.