Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Twitter on Aug. 17 that he has remained in Afghanistan after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, and that with the absence of Ghani, he is “reaching out to all leaders to secure their support and consensus” as the “legitimate caretaker president.” He cited the country’s constitution, adopted in 2004, as the document that was guiding his statement. “Nations must respect the rule of law, not violence,” he posted to Twitter on Aug. 19. “Afghanistan is too big for Pakistan to swallow and too big for Talibs to govern. Don’t let your histories have a chapter on humiliation and bowing to terror groups,” he wrote in a post seemingly directed at Afghanistan’s various tribal leaders. Saleh has since joined with Ahmad Massoud to lead remnants of Afghan government forces and other militia groups, including Defense Minister General Bismillah Mohammadi, in mounting a resistance to the Taliban from the Panjshir valley. The valley …
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