, yes, there are national resistance front fighters in the mountains, particularly around the panjshir valleyds pa njshir valley but thousands of panjshir valley but thousands of reinforcements have been sent by the taliban and you do not have the supply lines nor the numbers to threaten the taliban's grip on power? in this type of situation, the character of the struggle we have put is a partisan struggle, it is a gorilla warfare and the first and foremost important factor you need is motivation of the people to assist the freedom fighters. —— guerrilla. that we have got and we have massive assistance provided by the afghan diaspora and we have managed to create underground sub bylines stop we have weapons and we have ammunition and we have challenged the taliban takeover of afghanistan. you are right. we have not been able to capture a province but in this type of battle, there is a very old notion and saying, if the enemy cannot crush you, you emerge stronger. we have emerged stronger. we have emerged stronger and it is a matter of time. insurgency is like a drop of oil put on a page, a pi

you acknowledge that your fighters in the panjshir valley have only a limited capacity to resist. the taliban, you have lost. no, i have not lost. the west lost, the republic lost. we are a constituency, we will never lose. we stand — our foundation, the will of our people, to put a resistance. am i weary? am i angry? yes. i am notjesus. we're very angry at what happened. we have paid a heavy price. but we have not lost. we are regaining. i didn't say we have limited capability. we are building a capability and i can't call it limited. insurgency starts from a place and it protracts. six months ago it was one valley, today it is six valleys, and i hope next year it will be 60 valleys and we will defend our dignity, our land, our homes, and we will regain our country. all right, amrullah saleh, i'm sorry to say we have to end it there but thank you forjoining me on hardtalk. thanks very much. hello. we've seen the heat intensify day by day so far this week, and for many of you, the heat is set to peak, even through friday or indeed saturday. most places on both days sitting under s