The last few decades. let me ask you first about this claim the taliban make that it has taken control of the panjshir valley. presumably it is hard to independently verify it. what evidence is there that this is more than just propaganda talk? we more thanjust propaganda talk? - have to believe the visuals, and they have occupied the governor s house. but having said that, panjshir valley has a very plex strategic location. it is surrounded by high mountain peaks that are not accessible, and we understand that many soldiers have escaped to these unconquerable peaks and they will strike from there. so the taliban might have occupied the central town area, the city area, the capital, but it is unlikely that they will have a hand in maintaining it in the