Some Tajik experts have confirmed that the Anti-Taliban National Resistance Front of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan opened its office in Dushanbe. Meanwhile, Tajik Foreign Ministry says it does not have such information.
Several local experts told Asia-Plus that the National Resistance Front of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan opened its office in Dushanbe.
Director of the Analytical Center at the Russian Political Scientists’ Society, Andrey Serenko, noted in his telegram-Channel on October 23 that the Anti-Taliban National Resistance Front of Afghanistan “has opened its official representation in Tajikistan (Dushanbe).”
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan says it does not have such information
Recall, the United States’ news website Axios reported on October 28 that the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan has registered to lobby U.S. policymakers, signaling it recognizes the need to win over key officials in Washington.
A newly formed U.S. nonprofit arm reportedly filed paperwork under the Foreign Agents Registration Act on October 26.
It told the Justice Department it anticipates "lobbying the government, international organizations and other political entities."
The National Resistance Front reportedly seeks to be "the protector of America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan and the force to rid the country of intolerance and terrorism."
The registration comes about six weeks after the National Resistance Front enlisted the Sonoran Policy Group to "provide strategic advisory services."
According to Axios, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) had earlier called on President Biden to recognize Ahmad Massoud, as well as fellow National Resistance Front co-founder Amrullah Saleh, as "the legitimate government representatives of Afghanistan."
The Biden administration has shown no signs it will do so.
