Blue PANJSHIR, Afghanistan — In this lush strip of land — walled off from potential invaders by high mountain peaks and narrow, ambush-prone passes — former mujahedeen fighters and Afghan ...

The small, picturesque province of Panjshir — meaning “five lions” — at the foot of the lush Hindu Kush mountain range has become the last bulwark against Taliban fighters, who have seized ...

Anisa says she spent a night in the mountain, but retreated down unharmed. Citizens of Panjshir who have been forced to live under the harsh conditions of the Taliban since their rise to power ...

They named it "The Lion Daughters of Mir Samir" — a nod to the mountain's scenic province of Panjshir, which translates to "five lions" — as well as the legendary, cliff-faced mountain in the ...

DOHA, Qatar — The Taliban on Monday seized Panjshir province, a restive mountain region that was the final holdout of resistance forces in the country, cementing the group’s total control over ...

The landscape of the Panjshir Valley plays a part in its defensive success. Tucked into the Hindu Kush mountain range and accessible only through a narrow gorge, local forces have long harnessed ...

But Afghan security experts say the Panjshir militias never fully disarmed, stashing weapons in mountain caches. Panjshiris and other mujahedin criticize Karzai as too eager to negotiate with the ...

Panjshir is a long, narrow valley girded on ... lions”, although other translations claim its name may refer to five mountain peaks located down the length of the valley. Between 1980 and ...

RESISTANCE fighters in Afghanistan have vowed to continue their fight against the Taliban as they train in SAS-style in a mountain fortress just north of Kabul. The "Lions of Panjshir" were seen ...

RESISTANCE fighters have reportedly killed dozens of Taliban militants as the Islamists launched an assault on their mountain fortress ... along the fringes of the Panjshir Valley - the last ...

Ahmed Shah Masood is the almost legendary guerrilla leader who held out for years against the might of the Soviet Union in his mountain headquarters in the Panjshir Valley, north-east of the ...