. . . "*National Resistance Front(NRF)" . "al-Qaeda(alleged)Supported by:" . . . . . "2021-08-17" . "republican resistance against the Taliban" . "(alleged)" . "* Many smaller factions" . . "*Ahmad Khan Samangani Front" . "*9,000 (Ahmad Massoud's forces; self-claim)" . . . "Republican insurgency" . "----" . . . . . "Republican insurgency in Afghanistan" . . . "950+ killed, 1,500+ captured" . . . "Taliban offensive into Panjshir" . . . . . . . . . "2,000\u201310,000 (Panjshir resistance; estimates)" . . . . "*Taliban" . "60,000\u2013260,000 Taliban armed forces overall" . "Independent militias and Taliban dissidents" . . . "loyalists" . "resistance against the Taliban" . "a brief conflict" . . "conflict" . "Republican insurgency in Afghanistan" . . . "resistance" . . . . . . "*Afghanistan Freedom Front" . . "Unknown number of independent militias" . . . "*Afghanistan Islamic National & Liberation Movement" . . . . "(unconfirmed)" . . "Supported by:" . "Ongoing" . "NRF claim:" .