Taliban and opposition forces battle to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the group
Celebratory gunfire rang out in the capital Kabul overnight as rumours spread the valley had fallen, but the Taliban made no official claim on Saturday and a resident told AFP by phone that the reports were false.
"The weapons and bullets given to you are public property. No one has the right to waste them. The bullets can also harm civilians, don't shoot in vain."– the son of legendary anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Massoud"The situation is difficult, we have been under invasion," Saleh said in a video message.
He will then travel to Germany, to lead a virtual 20-nation ministerial meeting on Afghanistan alongside German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. The United Nations has already restarted humanitarian flights to parts of Afghanistan, while the country's flag carrier Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed domestic trips on Friday and the United Arab Emirates sent a plane carrying "urgent medical and food aid".
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