On Monday, barbers in the southern Helmand province were commanded by the Taliban to not shave or trim beards, claiming it to be a decree in the Sharia.

Taliban brutally executes child in Panjshir over suspicion

Ali Maisam Nazary, Head of Foreign Relations, NRF and spokesperson for Ahmad Massoud said both leaders are in the country and very much safe.

Resistance leaders Massoud, Saleh are safe & in Afghanistan, says NRF spokesperson

Iran too had strongly condemned the Taliban for the attacks on Panjshir and called on Pakistan to not cross the line.

Chants of 'death to Pakistan & freedom’ were raised in Kabul against Panjshir bombings

Iran which is dominant with Muslim Shiite power until today had refrained from commenting on the Taliban’s regaining power and seizing Kabul on August 15.

Iran examining possible ‘intervention’ of Pakistan on Panjshir attacks

Meanwhile, the caretaker of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh has shifted to a safe place after his house was attacked by a helicopter, said reports.

Panjshir valley "completely captured" claims Taliban

“About 600 Taliban terrorists have been killed in various places since this morning and more than a thousand Taliban fighters have been captured or surrendered,” tweeted Panjshir spokesman.

Afghanistan Crisis: Over 600 Taliban killed in Holdout Panjshir, claim Resistance Forces

A spokesman for an area hospital in the provincial capital of Jalalabad said, on Friday night, 17 were killed and several were injured in Nangarhar province east of Kabul.

17 killed, including children during celebratory gunfire in Kabul: Report

Former Vice President Amrullah Saleh said that Panjshir is still out of the Taliban’s control.

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