Taliban Sentences Former Panjshir Council Head to 12 Years for Alleged Resistance Ties

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — A Taliban military court in Kabul has sentenced Abdul Karim Abbasi, the former head of Panjshir’s Provincial Council, to 12 years in prison on charges of alleged links to the National Resistance Front (NRF).

Sources confirmed to KabulNow that Abbasi was tried in absentia several months ago on accusations of “supporting” the resistance, a claim his associates call “inaccurate.” The NRF is an armed opposition group fighting against the Taliban mainly in northern provinces and Kabul.