The Taliban have started forcefully mobilizing the youth of Afghanistan in Kabul, Sputnik Afghanistan’s Telegram channel reports.

The Taliban have declared that young Afghans need to fight against the National Resistance Front in Panjshir. Moreover, the Taliban are strictly punishing those who don’t wish to fight. The cousin of one of the reporters for Sputnik Afghanistan was beaten on the back with a metal rod since he didn’t want to go to war.