NRF claims its forces have captured 13 Taliban fighters

Anti-Taliban group, the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), claims its forces attacked two Taliban outposts in the eastern province of Nooristan on Tuesday and captured 13 soldiers.

The NRF spokesperson Sibghatullah Ahmadi said in a tweet that NRF fighters had set fire to two Taliban bases in Waigal district of Nooristan province, without suffering any harm themselves.

Today, the brave fighters of the @NR_Front set on fire two bases of the Taliban group in the Waant Waigal district of Nooristan. In the swift tactical attack, 13 of the Taliban fighters were captured. The forces of the NRF remained without suffering any injuries in the attack.

— Sibghatullah Ahmadi (@Sibghat_Ah) January 24, 2023

Formed after the Taliban’s recapturing of Afghanistan, and led by Ahmad Massoud, the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the NRF has been engaged in guerrilla war against the Taliban in the northern and northeastern provinces of Afghanistan. It has been most active in the Panjshir province.

The Taliban has not commented.