Kabul: More than 600 Taliban terrorists were killed in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Panjshir, Sputnik on Saturday.
A spokesperson of the resistance forces Fahim Dashti tweeted, *About 600 Taliban have been liquidated in various districts of Panjshir since morning. More than 1,000 Taliban have been captured or surrendered themselves.”
He further said that the Taliban the Taliban offensive against Panjshir resistance forces has slowed down due to the presence of land mines in the area.
Panjshir 📍10 minutes ago: “More than 700 of them was killed, 600 captured & prisoned, the rest are trying to escape, we are in Frontline, everything was planned. We control the whole province, tweeted by Northern alliance.
Sources said that combat is going on in Panjshir, however, the advance had been slowed by landmines on the road to the capital Bazarak and the provincial governor’s compound.
Panjshir is the stronghold of the national resistance front, led by Ahmad Massoud, the son of late ex-Afghan guerrilla commander Ahmad Shah Massoud. He had declared himself caretaker President.