Taliban take full control over Panjshir province

KABUL, Sept. 04 (YPA) – Taliban deputy spokesman Bilal Karimi on Friday declared full control of northern Afghanistan’s Panjshir province.

“Panjshir is under the control of the Islamic Emirate,” Karimi said.

A source at Kabul police headquarters told media that Afghanistan’s Panjshir province was under Taliban control.

The source said: “Banjshir fell, the gunmen arrested the resistance and its soldiers, and Amrullah Saleh and Ahmed Massoud fled.”

Earlier, media reported that heavy gunfire had been heard in various areas of Kabul with heavy and light weapons, likely to mark the fall down  of Panjshir.

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