Taliban claims fall of Panjshir Valley Taliban forces have fought their way into Bazarak, the provincial capital of the Panjshir Valley, the highly symbolic final region holding out against rule by the Islamist hardliners.
However, the National Resistance Front (NRF) denies the region’s fall and vows to fight on


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Sep 5, Khawak Pass: Reports that NRF surround and capture up to 1,500 Taliban fighters

Sep 6, Bazarak: Video appears to show Taliban fighters raising flag over governor's house

Sep 5-6: Resistance fighters retreat to mountains where they can ambush advancing forces, firing down into valley. Highest peak tops 5,000m

Sep 5: Shotul and Anabah districts fall. Italian aid agency Emergency, which runs hospital in Anabah, reports Taliban forces have entered village


Shotul district
BAGHLAN
PARWAN
Kur-e Mirza Beg 
Mata
PANJSHIR
Bazarak
Rukha
Anabah district
Golbahar 
Jabul-Saraj
PARWAN
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KAPISA 
NURISTAN
16km 10 miles


TAJIKISTAN
Kabul
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
Kandahar


Sources: Long War Journal, AFP, New York Times, Daily Pioneer
Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images, Twitter
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