welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." in afghanistan, the taliban are pressing their military offensive into the mountainous panjshir valley north of kabul. heavy fighting was reported friday between the taliban and the national resistance front, a coalition of afghan fighters long opposed to the taliban. panjshir has been a stronghold for decades. it's the only piece of the country the taliban have never controlled. selcelebratory gunfire broke ou after they seemed to gain panjshir but the resistance denieses it's been defeated.