Taliban claims complete control of Afghanistan’s Panjshir

Group takes control of last Afghanistan area held by resistance forces, says spokesman, after NRF proposes ceasefire.

The Taliban has taken complete control of Panjshir province, the last area in Afghanistan held by resistance forces, says the group’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid. Pictures on social media on Monday showed Taliban members standing in front of the gate of the Panjshir provincial governor’s compound. There was no immediate word from Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the opposition group resisting Taliban forces.