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    The Panjshir Valley (also spelled Panjsher; Dari: درهٔ پنجشير, Dara-i-Panjsher, literally "Valley of the Five Lions") is a valley in northeastern Afghanistan...
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  • The NRF exercised de facto control over the Panjshir Valley, which is largely contiguous with Panjshir Province and, as of August 2021, was "the only...
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  • of the Panjshir province, with resistance fighters retreating to the mountains to continue fighting within the province. Clashes in the valley mostly...
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    containing the Panjshir Valley. The province is divided into seven districts and contains 512 villages. As of 2021, the population of Panjshir province was...
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  • The 1975 Panjshir Valley uprising was an Islamist uprising led by Jamiat-e Islami against the government of Daoud Khan, and was the first ever ISI operation...
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    Massoud came from an ethnic Tajik of Sunni Muslim background in the Panjshir Valley in Northern Afghanistan. He began studying engineering at Polytechnical...
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    Massoud. The goal of these offensives was control of the strategic Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan, during the Soviet–Afghan War of the 1980s. These battles...
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  • Look up Panjshir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Panjshir may refer to: Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan Panjshir Province, Afghanistan Panjshir River,...
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    Pakistan, became Britain's key ally in the conflict. Fighting in the Panjshir valley, Massoud and his fighters with British support and intelligence, overcame...
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    Ahmad Massoud (category Politicians of Panjshir Province)
    Panjshir Valley. As a result, he has sometimes been referred to as the "Young Lion of Panjshir". After the Taliban seized control of Panjshir Valley on...
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    Afghanistan. Massoud, a pivotal guerilla fighter nicknamed The Lion of Panjshir, had led insurgent forces against the governments of Daoud Khan, communist...
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    Bāzārak is the provincial capital of Panjshir Province, in the Panjshir Valley of northeastern Afghanistan. It is a small city with a total population...
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    Rift Valley (Jordan - Israel) Jordan Valley Kathmandu (Nepal) Klang Valley (Malaysia) Mahaweli (Sri Lanka) Panjshir Valley (Afghanistan) Valleys of China...
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    The Panjshir River flows through the Panjshir Valley in northeastern Afghanistan, 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Kabul. Its main tributary is the Ghorband...
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    ostensibly had concluded on 6 September, when Taliban fighters took the Panjshir Valley, the final holdout of resistance. However, the NRF has not been wiped...
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    attempting to overthrow the government. They started their rebellion in the Panjshir valley, but lack of support along with government forces easily defeating...
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    The system’s first combat tests took place in 1988 and 1989 in the Panjshir Valley during the Soviet–Afghan War. The TOS-1 was shown for the first time...
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    has captured Panjshir, Resistance Front: War continues". BBC NEWS. Retrieved 2021-09-06. "Taliban launches fresh attacks in Panjshir Valley to rescue its...
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    the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Massoud retreated north to his native Panjshir Valley and formed a resistance movement against the Taliban, called the United...
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    Panjshir Front was a military association of the Afghan opposition in the Panjshir Valley during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) under the command of...
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    Front of Afghanistan (also known as the Panjshir Resistance), an anti-Taliban coalition based in the Panjshir Valley. In turn, he was recognized as president...
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    General Shariff in the Panjshir Valley, and linked up with General Fahim Akhtar Khan in the Bagram/Kabul area of the Panjshir Valley, near the fortifications...
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    Amrullah Saleh (category Politicians of Panjshir Province)
    15 August 2021, Ghani fled the country and Saleh relocated to the Panjshir Valley. There, Saleh proclaimed himself the caretaker president of Afghanistan...
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  • Mohammad Fahim Dashty (category Politicians of Panjshir Province)
    Taliban. Dashty was one of the main sources of information in the Panjshir Valley as the Taliban pressed in, issuing statements on Twitter. Shortly before...
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    after DRA and Soviet forces took the entire Panjshir Valley for the first time since 1978 in Operation Panjshir 2. On 16 June, the brigade additionally welcomed...
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    paramilitary groups. The two organizations first took part in the 1975 Panjshir Valley and Laghman uprisings, and perpetrated acid attacks on women who were...
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    to a hospital. He was buried in his home village of Bazarak in the Panjshir Valley. The funeral, although taking place in a rather rural area, was attended...
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    state. The Panjshir uprising in 1975 is also believed to be result of anti-Pashtun frustration which had been building up in Panjshir valley as result...
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    site of an ancient city located at the junction of the Ghorband and Panjshir Valley, near today's city of Charikar, Afghanistan. The location of this historical...
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    000+ troops in the Panjshir Valley, along with Ahmad Massoud. However, by 6 September, the Taliban had taken control of most of Panjshir province, with resistance...
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