The Taliban have taken complete control of Panjshir province, the last area in Afghanistan being held by resistance forces, the Islamist militant group’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said on Monday.

Pictures on social media showed Taliban members standing in front of the gate of the Panjshir provincial governor’s compound.

There was no immediate word from Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the opposition group resisting Taliban forces.

Massoud said on Sunday his force in principle agrees to solve the current problems and put an immediate end to the fighting and continue negotiations with the Taliban.

Panjshir, a rugged mountain valley north of Kabul, long resisted control by the Taliban government that previously ruled from 1996 to 2001.

Source: VOV5