Taliban Say Resistance Holdout Panjshir Valley "Completely Captured"

Monday, 6 September 2021Newsdesk

The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, even as opposition fighters vowed to keep up their struggle against the hardline Islamists. Following their lightning-fast rout of Afghanistan's army last month and celebrations when the last US troops flew out after 20 years of war, the Taliban turned to fight the forces defending the mountainous Panjshir Valley.

New Delhi, 24 September 2021

As per news report of NDTV, "With this victory, our country is completely taken out of the quagmire of war," chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. An image posted on social media by the Taliban showed its fighters at the governor's office of Panjshir province. However, the National Resistance Front (NRF) -- made up of anti-Taliban militia and former Afghan security forces -- said its fighters were still present in "strategic positions" across the valley, and that they were continuing the struggle. "We assure the people of Afghanistan that the struggle against the Taliban and their partners will continue until justice and freedom prevails," the NRF tweeted in English.

Source -NDTV