Afghanistan conflict

As "Russia Today" reports, "Lion's Valley" was the last stronghold of the forces that oppose the Taliban rule.
As a reminder, the media previously reported that Fahim Dashti, a spokesman for the National Resistance Front (NRF) of the Afghan northern province of Panjshir, which refused to recognize the Taliban government, was killed in armed conflicts, Kama Press reported.

Taliban fighters advanced deep into the last holdout province of Panjshir on Sept. 5, as the top U.S. general warned Afghanistan faces a wider civil war that would offer fertile ground for a resurgence of terrorism.

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Afghan female filmmakers who fled the Taliban begged the world to not forget the Afghan people and to support its artists, warning on Sept. 4 that a country without culture will eventually lose its identity.

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Ljubljana – A group of five Afghans who worked with the EU delegation in the country has arrived in Slovenia along with their family members, the Foreign Ministry has confirmed for the STA. In all, 19 Afghans have thus arrived in Slovenia after withdrawing from the country in the wake of the Taliban taking over.

Ljubljana – The newspaper Dnevnik writes about “mouse steps” the EU is making toward its strategic autonomy in Saturday’s commentary whose headline says the same.

The Taliban are due to form a government within days despite fighting in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley where forces battling the hardline Islamists say they are enduring "heavy" assaults.

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Brdo pri Kranju – The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell has announced that EU foreign ministers have agreed on five benchmarks which will form the basis for the bloc to engage in cooperation with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Afghans were still awaiting the formation of a new government on Friday, days after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US troops.

A Taliban spokesperson told AFP that no inauguration ceremony was planned until Saturday at the earliest, while previous announcements indicated that it could take place after Friday prayers.

Last month, after the Taliban took power, Turkey evacuated more than 1,400 of its citizens from Afghanistan, the spokesman for Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) said on Sept. 2.

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There was also talk about how the return of the Taliban to power will affect relations in the Middle East and whether a new wave of migrants is threatening Europe.