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Taliban forces clashed with militia fighters in the Panjshir valley north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday night, with eight members of the Taliban killed, a representative of the main anti-Taliban opposition group said.
Since the fall of Kabul on 15 August, the Panjshir has been the only province to hold out against the Taliban, although there has also been fighting in neighbouring Baghlan province between Taliban and local militia forces, Reuters reports.
Dominic Raab has rejected US claims that Britain was indirectly responsible for the suicide attacks at Kabul airport this week because it insisted that the Abbey gate entry point to the site be kept open to allow British nationals to enter the airport.
He said the “story was simply untrue”, adding nothing the UK did required Abbey gate to be kept open.
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