“Nations must respect the rule of law, not violence,” said Amrullah Saleh, the erstwhile Vice-President of Afghanistan and a leading face of the anti-Taliban resistance.
Saleh, who now claims to be the country's 'caretaker President' as per the constitution of Afghanistan, warned that his country is too big for Taliban to govern and for Pakistan to swallow.
The former VP has been historically vocal in his condemnation of Pakistan’s support for Taliban.
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A member of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance during the civil war, Saleh has been at war with the group for years. After their takeover of Kabul, Saleh tweeted that he would never bow down to Talib terrorists and would never be under one ceiling with the Taliban.
At present, he is believed to be in Panjshir Valley northeast of Kabul, the last standing resistance zone. Along with former resistance leader Ahmed Shah Massoud’s son and former defence minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, Saleh is reportedly forming a guerrilla force to fight the Taliban.