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Panjshir – The Valley Trying to Hold off the Taliban

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September 3, 2021

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An elderly man walks past a Russian tank at the entrance to the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan. (Shutterstock)

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As the Taliban sit in Kabul planning their new government, there remains a large thorn in their side: a small valley of anti-Taliban resistance just north-east of the capital.

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