Afghanistan crisis: Panjshir Valley will not be handed over to Taliban, vows Ahmad Massoud

The Taliban have told Massoud he had four hours to give up Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul, where the 32-year-old and Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh is holed up.

KABUL: Panjshir Valley will not be handed over to the Taliban and resistance fighters will be ready to fight back if the extremist group tries to seize it, the son of one of the main leaders of Afghanistan's anti-Soviet resistance in the 1980s. "We confronted the Soviet Union, and we will be able to confront the Taliban," Ahmad Massoud, the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, was quoted as saying by Al Arabiya. The Taliban told Massoud he had four hours to give up Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul, where the 32-year-old and Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh is holed up.