In Afghanistan it also falls the Panjshir valleylast front of resistance against the Taliban. The men of the new regime announced on Monday that they had taken "total" control of the region, thus ending the process of regaining power that began in mid-August, coinciding with the American withdrawal.
"With this victory, our country is now completely out of the chaos of war," said Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's main spokesman, in a statement. “Some of the insurgents have been defeated, while the rest have fled the valley,” he continued, assuring the people of Panjshir that there will be no discrimination against them: “You are all our brothers; we will serve together for one goal and one nation.”
Afghanistan's National Resistance Front (NFR) has announced the killing of its senior commander, Fahim Dashtay, in the Taliban attack. "We are bombarded by Pakistani drones - added a NRF spokesman in a message on Twitter - we are under direct invasion by the ISI", the Pakistani spy agency.
now, therefore, all of Afghanistan is in the hands of the Taliban. Only a few resist pockets of opponents scattered across the mountains, perhaps headed by the son of Ahmad Shah Masud, the heroic "Lion of Panjshir" killed on the eve of September 11, 2001.
During the night, Massoud - together with former vice president Amrullah Saleh - fled by helicopter to Tajikistan, from where he allegedly sent a message to let people know he was well.
Meanwhile, as the fighting continues, a new government is being formed in Kabul, which he will almost certainly have at the top Mullah Baradar, who returned to the country after negotiating with the Americans in Doha.
The country does this a leap back twenty years, between summary executions, persecutions and denial of fundamental rights, especially of women, who are now forced to gather in separate classes in order to continue attending university courses.
Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio will report on the situation in Afghanistan today in Parliament.
