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The Little Mermaid is already creating waves two weeks before its official launch in theatres. Critics who watched and reviewed early copies have given it generally positive ratings.However, Mena Massoud, the lead actor in the 2019 Aladdin…

Ahmad Massoud, the founder of the National Resistance Front in Panjshir, has not left Afghanistan and is in a safe place, amid the Taliban claiming to have taken control of the majority of the valley. The son of anti-Soviet military leader…

Issued on: 09/09/2021 - 11:50 Two days before 9/11, an Al-Qaeda suicide squad posing as journalists sat down for an interview with Ahmad Shah Massoud, the last major commander…

The government announced by the Taliban in Afghanistan is anything but inclusive and the Afghan people will not accept a governing structure that excludes women and minorities, the country’s envoy to the UN said on Wednesday, calling on the…

The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday (Sep 5) he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting. Ahmad Massoud,…

KABUL: Three Taliban sources said the Islamist militia had on Friday seized the Panjshir valley north of Kabul, the last province of Afghanistan holding out against it, although a resistance leader denied it had fallen. “By the grace of…

NEW DELHI: Taliban forces and fighters loyal to local leader Ahmad Massoud fought in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley on Thursday, more than two weeks after the Islamist militia seized power, as Taliban leaders in Kabul worked on forming a…

PARIS: The leader of a resistance movement to the Taliban has vowed to never surrender but is open to negotiations with the new rulers of Afghanistan, according to an interview published by Paris Match on Wednesday. Ahmad Massoud, the son…

In what seems to be a complete victory for the Taliban, opposition fighters in the last bastion of anti-insurgent territory in Afghanistan — Panjshir — are preparing a surrender agreement in the absence of resources and international…

The Taliban have not been able to capture Panjshir because of the location of the valley, which makes it a natural fortress. (Reuters)Massoud said he hoped to hold peaceful talks with the Islamist movement that seized power in Kabul a week…