Pakistan conducted drone strikes in Panjshir: Report
Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces take part in a military training at Malimah area of Dara district in Panjshir province
Pakistani drones attacked Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley ahead of the reported fall of the valley that offered stiff resistance to the Taliban.
The drone attacks, if they happened, would amount to Pakistan helping the Taliban defeat the resistance forces in Panjshir.
According to local media reports citing some leaders of the resistance movement, the drones struck the valley on Sunday.
The Taliban however has reportedly denied the bombing.Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed was earlier in Kabul to meet the Taliban leadership.
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Meanwhile, National Resistance Front (NRF) spokesman Fahim Dashty was killed during the fighting at Panjshir Valley. General Abdul Wudod Zara was also killed during the fighting.
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The Taliban had claimed it had captured major parts of the valley with anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Massoud holed up in the mountains including former Afghanistan vice-president Amrullah Saleh. On Monday, the militant group saidPanjshir Valley hasbeen completely captured.
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As the Taliban reportedly made gains on Sunday, NRF proposed the Taliban should withdraw its forces and in returnit will give up "military action".
The Taliban forceshave surged through Afghanistan in the last two months finally capturing Kabul on August 15 leading American troops and Afghans to hastily leave the capital amid chaos.
Also Read:Panjshir has come under complete control, saysTaliban
On Sunday, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which has a base in Afghanistan carried out a suicide attack in Pakistan's Quetta killing at least three Pakistani paramilitary soldiers and injuring 20 people.
The attack reportedly occurred at a checkpoint as three members of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) were killed after a suicide bomber on a motorcycle packed with explosives rammed a vehicle in the military convoy.
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(With inputs from Agencies)