The Panjshir Valley lies in the Hindu Kush mountains, approximately 90 miles north of Kabul. The Taliban have been unable to take this major holdout of resistance after steamrolling across pro-government troops in a matter of months.
The Islamist Taliban took control of the rest of Afghanistan three weeks ago, taking power in Kabul on Aug. 15 after the Western-backed government collapsed and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
A pregnant policewoman has been shot dead by Taliban militants in Afghanistan, according to BBC. The woman, identified as Banu Negar, was killed at the family home in front of her relatives in Firozkoh, the capital of central Ghor province.
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Taliban leader Mullah Baradar on Sunday met with the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths at the foreign ministry in Kabul, TOLO news reported.
About 600 Taliban have been killed in Panjshir, reports stated on Saturday, citing the Afghan resistance forces.
The German government has been reserved about establishing official ties with the Taliban. Officials say talks are needed to get the remaining former Afghan staffers who worked for the Germans out of the country.
The meeting chaired by Pakistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq was attended by representatives of China, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the Foreign Office said in a statement.
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China is already coordinating its evolving policy on Afghanistan with its “all-weather ally” Pakistan and Russia which also share borders with Afghanistan.
BJP leader Ram Kadam said the party will not allow javed Akhtar’s movies to be screened in the country. He raised concern about this recent statement on the Taliban.
About 600 Taliban have been killed in Panjshir, reports stated on Saturday, citing the Afghan resistance forces.
About 600 Taliban have been killed in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Panjshir, Afghan resistance forces claimed on Saturday.
Pakistan and its notorious intelligence agency have been accused of supporting the Taliban in taking over Afghanistan.
The foreign currency exchange rates are still in fluctuation as the rates are not stable and change frequently during the day, he said.
Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself as caretaker president of Afghanistan after former president Ashraf Ghani fled the country, says he believes those politicians who leave their country in moments of crisis betray its very soil.
Milley told Fox News that one of the "lessons learned" from US withdrawal from the war-ravaged country was the pitfalls realised in the Afghan security forces.
A Taliban source said fighting was continuing in Panjshir but the advance had been slowed by landmines placed on the road to the capital Bazarak and the provincial governor's compound.
While until yesterday Taliban claimed to have captured Taliban, a video proves the organisation wrong. In the video, Talibani forces can be clearly seen retaliating.
Though Afghanistan is now under the control of Taliban but its woes haven't come to an end. The date to form the government in Afghanistan has been postponed again.
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