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BBC OS: 2021/09/06 16:06 GMT: Afghanistan: Taliban claim control of Panjshir Valley

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Afghanistan:Taliban claim control of Panjshir Valley

2021/09/06 16:06 GMT

2021/09/06 16:06 GMT: Afghanistan: Taliban claim control of Panjshir Valley

Afghanistan: Taliban claim control of Panjshir Valley

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The Taliban say they are in complete control of the Afghan province of Panjshir

In Afghanistan, the Taliban say they are in complete control of the province of Panjshir. The valley "has been cleared today completely", a spokesman told a news conference in Kabul. Resistance fighters deny this. We get the latest from BBC Afghan.

Also, we speak to two female medical professionals in Afghanistan about their hopes and fears for the future and about their work since the Taliban takeover.

And Professor Manfred Green, a medical doctor and professor of epidemiology in the school of public health at the University of Haifa in Israel explains some of the latest developments with Covid-19.

(Photo: A humvee with National Resistance Front flag is seen in front of a radio mast near Panjshir Valley. Credit: National Resistance Front of Afghanistan handout/Reuters)

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