Taliban Restrict Media From Circulating Messages Of Resistance Leader: Report

This comes after resistance leader Ahmad Massoud on Monday called for a "national uprising" against the Taliban.

The Taliban have prohibited Afghan news media from circulating the message of Ahmad Massoud, the leader of Panjshir National Resistance Front (NRF) who called for a "national uprising" against the Taliban, Sputnik reported on Monday. "The Taliban have prohibited Afghan news media from circulating the call for resistance against the movement issued by Ahmad Massoud, one of the leaders of the National Resistance Front (NFR)," the Russian News Agency reported citing Al Arabiya News. It further reported that the Taliban also prevented former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and former chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah from meeting with their fellow citizens. This comes after Ahmad Massoud on Monday called for a "national uprising" against the Taliban.