MOSCOW. Russia hopes the confrontation between Taliban and opposing forces in Panjshir Valley – the mountainous region leading resistance against Taliban rule in Afghanistan – will be solved ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that a resistance to the Taliban is forming in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley led by vice president Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Massoud, the son of a ...

The Russian top diplomat noted that the Taliban movement has not yet taken full control of all Afghanistan. ... in Panjshir, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference on ...

Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley awaits the next ... to Karzai agrees that Panjshiris are stockpiling weapons and says they have opened up arms pipelines to India and Russia. “Karzai long ago ...

Panjshir is in the hands of security forces,” said Mujahid. Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the resistance forces, said in a Twitter message that he was safe. 6 Sep 2021 - 08:34 GMT ...

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are at the mercy of following Russia’s lead. While the power brokers in Panjshir no doubt stock up on critical supplies such as fuels, weapons, ammunition and ...

The main rallies supporting the call of head of the armed resistance Ahmad Massoud to counteract the Taliban as well as against Pakistan which cooperates with the radicals were held in Kabul, in ...

Five countries plan to revive the use of a weapon prohibited by treaty for more than a quarter of a century, hoping to ...

The Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan has not included the Panjshir Valley, a region that has been a strong hold against the Taliban and Russia in the past. James Glancy, filmmaker and ...

In the Panjshir Valley, literally the valley of five lions, ... Russia and Iran. In 2001, when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, ...

This week’s Gandhara Briefing brings you insights on the mounting hostilities between the Taliban and Tajikistan, alleged Taliban atrocities and violence in Panjshir and why the Afghan Sufis are ...