Will The Panjshir Valley Be The Center Of Resistance Against The Taliban?

BBC: Afghanistan: The 'undefeated' Panjshir Valley - an hour from Kabul 

Several thousand anti-Taliban fighters are reported to be holding out against the Taliban in a remote valley with a narrow entrance - little more than 30 miles or so from the capital Kabul.

It's not the first time the dramatic and imposing Panjshir Valley has been a flashpoint in Afghanistan's recent turbulent history - having been a stronghold against Soviet forces in the 1980s, and the Taliban in the '90s. 

The group holding out there now - the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) - recently reminded the world of the valley's strength.

"The Red Army, with its might, was unable to defeat us... And the Taliban also 25 years ago... they tried to take over the valley and they failed, they faced a crushing defeat," Ali Nazary, the NRF's head of foreign relations, told the BBC. 

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WNU Editor: Two of my cousins served in the Soviet military in Afghanistan. One of them was deployed in the Panjshir Valley, and as he likes to tell me repeatedly .... The two months that he was in the valley was the most dangerous time that he had during his tour in Afghanistan. The terrain was perfect for ambushes and surprise attacks.

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