Taken hold of Panjshir province
The Taliban is claiming it now controls the whole of Afghanistan, after taking hold of Panjshir province.
It's the last part of the country with significant resistance forces.
A Taliban spokesman says a "number of people" were killed.
The opposition National Resistance Front has denied the militants are now in power there.
Sky's international affairs editor, Dominic Waghorn, says the region is hugely symbolic:
#UPDATE Map of Afghanistan locating the #Panjshir Valley. The Taliban said Monday they had captured the valley, the last remaining pocket of resistance to their rule in #Afghanistan, even as opposition fighters vowed to keep up their struggle pic.twitter.com/FHrH51QQfe
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 6, 2021
A top US military general says Afghanistan will "likely" erupt in civil war.
General Mark Milley's warning it could result in a resurgence in terrorist activity in the country.
He's also questioning whether the Taliban, who're yet to form a government, could consolidate power.
His comments come as the Taliban continue to meet opposition in the Panjshir Valley - the last remaining holdout by resistance fighters in the country.
Elsewhere, German chancellor Angela Merkel says the international community will have to negotiate directly with the Taliban.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, she said it was the only way to get people who worked for German aid agencies out of Afghanistan.
EU foreign ministers have not agreed to recognise the Islamist movement as the legitimate Afghan government.
Chancellor Merkel says there's no other way to help people at risk:
A cry for help has been made for the international community to help female judges in Afghanistan.
It's estimated that 250 women judges are trapped in the Country after the Taliban formally took over running the country last week.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, is warning that the "violence" of Islamism is a "first order security threat" which will "come to us" if left unchecked.
Mr. Blair says Western values still have a place in the country:
Another former British Prime Minister, John Major, has called the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan "strategically very stupid".
Mr. Major said the failure to evacuate all Afghans who worked for coalition forces is 'shameful' as the formal efforts to get people out came to a close.
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