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In this October 8, 1996 file photo, a Taliban soldier patrols the entrance to the Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul. In August 2021, the last remnants of Afghanistan’s shattered security forces have vowed to resist the Taliban in the remote Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, that has defied conquerors before. Under the leadership of late charismatic guerrilla fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud, fighters in the Panjshir Valley held off the Soviets in the 1980s and the Taliban a decade later. Any attempt to re-enact his exploits appears likely to fail, posing little threat to the country's new Taliban rulers.. (Photo by John Moore/AP Photo/File)
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