The Taliban have claimed victory in the last part of Afghanistan still holding out against their rule, by declaring that the Panshir valley is now under their control. The resistance forces, however, have said that the fight is still not over.
Pictures on social media showed Taliban members standing in front of the gate of the Panjshir provincial governor's compound after days of fighting with the National Resistance Front (NRF), commanded by Ahmad Massoud, the son of Afghanistan's legendary guerrilla commander commander Ahmad Shah Massoud.
Ahmad Massoud, meanwhile, called for a "national uprising" against the Taliban.
Here are the latest developments on the ongoing war in Panjshir:
1. The Taliban have prohibited Afghan news media from circulating Massoud's message.
2. Russian news agency Sputnik further said that the Taliban have also prevented former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and former chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah from meeting with their fellow citizens.
3. Meanwhile, in an audio message, Massoud called for national uprising against the Taliban. "Wherever you are, inside or outside, I call on you to begin a national uprising for the dignity, freedom and prosperity of our country," according to Al Jazeera, which reported aboud Massoud's message.
