Afghan Resistance Says Taliban Claims of Victory in Panjshir Valley Are ‘False’

Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban forces take rest as they patrol on a hilltop in Darband area in Anaba district, Panjshir province on Sept. 1, 2021. Panjshir remains the last major holdout of anti-Taliban forces led by Ahmad Massoud, son of the famed Mujahideen leader Ahmed Shah Massoud. Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images

The anti-Taliban resistance group National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), on Sept. 6 pushed back against the terrorist group’s claims of victory in the Panjshir Valley—the last Afghan province holding out against the group after it seized control of Kabul on Aug. 15.

“Taliban’s claim of occupying Panjshir is false,” the NRFA wrote on Twitter. “The NRF forces are present in all strategic positions across the valley to continue the fight. We assure the ppl [sic] of Afghanistan that the struggle against the Taliban & their partners will continue until justice & freedom prevails.”