Recent footage published to Twitter by a member of the NRF shows a destroyed Taliban convoy. Members of the NRF have been reportedly taking the parts from the vehicles to improve their own.

This isn't sexy footage unfortunately, but it does show the reality on the ground in the fight against the Taliban. From this video, we can see that members of the NRF have successfully ambushed a Taliban convoy comprised mostly of captured Humvees. According to the NRF member who posted this video, the vehicles had been sitting for about 24 hours, and they were moving parts and equipment from the vehicles to their own camp so that they could improve their own vehicles with them.

The weather alone speaks for the members of the NRF who are actively fighting an open conflict against Taliban rule in Panjshir. This is happening simultaneously as the Taliban are losing control in other parts of the country as well to the likes ISKP, and smaller NRF factions that are popping up to fight them. While it may seem like Afghanistan is fully in the control of the Taliban, images and videos like this are starting to crop up from all around the country, and it paints the image of a Taliban that cannot maintain control for long.

Going into 2022, I expect to see the Taliban severely diminished by both the NRF resistance fighters, and ISKP. If ISKP should be the dominant cause for the Taliban's inevitable downfall, we will likely see a new Islamic State rise to power in the region. Should the NRF win the day however, we could see Afghanistan return to some state of normalcy with ISKP and the Taliban both returning to being fringe groups.

Right now, the sentiment on the ground is that ISKP is the stronger of the two factions. They are better funded, and paying a much higher wage to their fighters. Hopefully this does not remain the status quo forever, but it is unlikely that we will see ISKP and the NRF working together as the two group's ideologies are completely mis-matched. The only thing that the two groups agree on is that the Taliban should not be in charge of Afghanistan