Europe 1 with AFP 6:37 a.m., September 6, 2021, modified at 6:39 a.m., September 6, 2021
The Taliban announced Monday that they had taken "complete" control of the Panchir Valley, where resistance has been organized against them since taking power in Afghanistan in mid-August.
It was the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan.
The Panchir Valley would also have fallen into the hands of the Taliban, according to the latter, who announced it Monday morning.
"With this victory, our country is now completely out of the doldrums of war," main Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement.
Overnight, the anti-Taliban resistance called in a statement for a ceasefire, after reports of heavy casualties over the weekend.
The National Resistance Front (FNR) claimed on the night of Sunday to Monday that it had "proposed to the Taliban to cease their military operations in the Panchir ... and to withdraw their forces. In return, we will ask our troops to withdraw. refrain from any military action ".
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