Taliban says it captured key entrance to Panjshir valley

Friday, 3 September 2021Newsdesk

The Taliban claims its fighters seized a key position at the entrance to the Panjshir valley – the only Afghan province still out of the group’s control. The local resistance denies the Taliban has made any advances.

New Delhi, 03 September2021

As per news report of Rt.com, the Taliban launched a major operation to take the Panjshir valley on Thursday, after the negotiations with the local resistance movement failed, acccording to spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. He said the Taliban fighters entered the province and captured eleven “important” positions along the main road leading to the eastern province of Badakhshan. Among them was the town of Shattal in the Parwan province, at the southwestern entrance to the valley. Representatives of the National Resistance Front (NRF) denied the Taliban made any advances into the valley, however, and claimed they were still in full control of all the passes leading into Panjshir. The Taliban.’s “multiple” attempts to enter the area were thwarted, the militia claimed.

Source -rt.com