Taliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province

The Taliban accidental they person taken power of Panjshir state northbound of Kabul, the Afghan capital.

The state was the past holdout of anti-Taliban forces successful the state and the lone state the Taliban had not seized during their expanse past month.

Thousands of Taliban fighters overrun 8 districts of Panjshir overnight, according to witnesses from the area.

The anti-Taliban fighters had been led by the erstwhile vice president and the lad of the iconic anti-Taliban combatant Ahmad Shah Massoud who was killed conscionable days earlier the 9/11 attacks successful the United States.