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Taliban says Panjshir 'captured'; ISI chief holds meet with Baradar

Won't allow Pakistan to interfere in Afghanistan's internal affairs: Taliban

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Fighters said to be in front of the provincial governor’s office in Panjshir Province in Afghanistan, in a photograph posted on social media | Photo: Reuters

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The Taliban claimed victory over opposition forces in the Panjshir valley northeast of Kabul on Monday, declaring that they had completed their takeover of Afghanistan and promising to announce a new government soon.

Pictures on social media showed Taliban members standing in front of the gate of the Panjshir provincial governor's compound after fighting over the weekend with the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), commanded by Panjshiri leader Ahmad Massoud. “Panjshir, which was the last hideout of the escapee enemy, is captured," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference.

However, Massoud, who leads a force drawn from the remnants of

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