Afghanistan Crisis LIVE Updates: Leader Of Afghan Holdout Region Says He Is Ready To Talk With Taliban

Afghanistan Crisis Updates: Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), made the announcement on the group's Facebook page.

The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting. Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), made the announcement on the group's Facebook page. Earlier, Taliban forces said they had fought their way into the provincial capital of Panjshir after securing the surrounding districts, Reuters reported. The Taliban took control of the rest of Afghanistan three weeks ago, taking power in Kabul on August 15 after the Western-backed government collapsed and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.