(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 23 - The anti-Taliban resistance can count on "thousands of people" ready to fight. This was reported to the BBC by Ali Nazary, head of foreign relations for the Afghanistan National Resistance Front (NRF) who reports to Ahmad Massoud. Nazary said his group has "thousands of forces ready for resistance," but he wants to pursue peaceful negotiations first. "If they fail, we will not accept any kind of aggression," he said. The Taliban claim to have surrounded and besieged the group's stronghold in the Panshir Valley. Resistance officials have also said that the Taliban are advancing in the region.
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