Shafaqna Pakistan: Former Afghan National Army Lieutenant General Sami Sadat has announced the launch of coordinated armed operations against the Taliban under the banner of the Afghanistan United Front (AUF).
Appearing in military uniform beneath the tricolour flag of the former Afghan Republic for the first time in nearly five years since its collapse, Sadat addressed supporters on behalf of the AUF, declaring that military operations had been formally authorised as part of a phased nationwide campaign aimed at restoring constitutional governance in Afghanistan, according to media reports.
Sadat said the initial phase of the campaign would focus on targeting Taliban fighters, military installations and senior leaders before expanding into broader operations across the country.
He added that the military campaign would be complemented by political, diplomatic and public mobilisation efforts in support of what he described as the liberation of Afghanistan.
General Sadat stated that nearly five years of appeals by the Afghan people and civil society had been ignored by the international community.
He asserted that negotiations with the Taliban had failed, leaving armed resistance as the only remaining path to restore a free and constitutional Afghanistan.
He said that the Taliban regime has been subjecting Afghans to repression, fear and systematic human rights abuses, while transforming the country into a sanctuary for Al-Qaeda, Islamic State, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other terrorist organisations.
Besides, he said that Afghanistan’s natural resources were being exploited to finance and strengthen these terrorist networks.
Sadat called on former Afghan National Security and Defence Forces personnel, political leaders and Afghans both inside and outside the country to unite under the republic’s tricolour flag and join the AUF in a national struggle for Afghanistan’s future.
Source: Express Tribune
