Taliban Claim to Have Conquered Last Pocket of Resistance in Afghanistan

WSJ

By Saeed Shah
A Taliban propaganda video appears to show fighters raising the group's flag in Panjshir, the last pocket of resistance that had held out against the Taliban’s takeover of the country. Ahmad Sahel Arman/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

The Taliban claimed Monday to have overcome the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, releasing images they said showed the conquest of the provincial capital of Panjshir, a region that has held out against the group’s takeover of the country.

The Taliban, who took control of most of the country this summer, culminating with the capital city of Kabul on Aug. 15, made the declaration as they prepare to announce a new government.

Publish : 2021-09-07 14:15:00

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