#Gravitas | Anti-Taliban insurgency is on the rise in #Afghanistan. The National Resistance Front is launching attacks on the Taliban. What does it want? Molly Gambhir tells you more | WION

The Taliban declared Wednesday a national holiday and decorated the capital with colored lights to celebrate the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan. The country’s new rulers — not formally recognized by any other nation — have reimposed their harsh version of Islamic law on the impoverished country, with women squeezed out of public life. But despite the restrictions, and a deepening humanitarian crisis, many Afghans say they are glad the foreign force that pro