the taliban has pushed deeper into the panjshir valley, a traditional bedrock of opposition. there have been many injuries on both sides but the resistance has denied taliban claims of victory and says there will be no surrender. in kabul, these women are refusing to surrender their rights, testing a brave move in uncertain times. reports taliban used tasers against them, may be a hint of what they face in the new old afghanistan. and as dan explains, the panjshir valley is extremely remote. almost impossible for our colleagues reporting in kabul to get beyond the city, to get anywhere close to the panjshir valley, so we are reliant on reports that are coming out from there but there are conflicting reports. last night the taliban saying it had taken control there. that it now had command right across afghanistan. but the resistance fighters there have said that that
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the head of pakistan s spy agency has visited afghanistan amid continued uncertainty about how the taliban proposes to rule the country. general faiz hameed is thought to be advising the military as it s continuing its efforts to oust the resistance in the panjshir valley. the taliban have insisted all factions will be included in the new government, though it s not yet clear how that will work. our south asia correspondent danjohnson reports. the taliban says kabul is being cleaned and decorated ahead of a new government
is not true, that there has been no surrender, that there are no entries, that they are still fighting. and that they will never surrender, so it looks like there is still a battle to take place. the taliban is determined to take control of the panjshir valley so that you can say it has the real right across afghanistan, but still thatis right across afghanistan, but still that is not complete yet. and that may be why they have not yet announced the formation of the new government, orwho announced the formation of the new government, or who will be sworn into the new cabinet. they have been promising that for days, for weeks now, and the status is evident, but still we have no detail on that either. , , . still we have no detail on that either, , ., ., either. just a little thing to say. dan has just either. just a little thing to say. dan hasjust tweeted either. just a little thing to say. dan has just tweeted very - either. just a little thing to say. - dan hasjust tweeted very g
to convince some of pakistan s influence over the taliban. he says he s working for peace and stability. north of kabul they are still fighting. the taliban has pushed deeper into the panjshir valley, a traditional bedrock of opposition. there have been many injuries on both sides but the resistance has denied taliban claims of victory and says there will be no surrender. in kabul, these women are refusing to surrender their rights, testing a brave move in uncertain times. reports taliban used tasers against them may be a hint of what they face in the new old afghanistan. danjohnson, dan johnson, bbc news. coastguards say they believe that two divers have died while exploring a shipwreck off cornwall. the pair were diving around the hms scylla, which was sunk in 2004 to create an offshore reef. johnny rutherford has more. the two men were on a planned dive when they failed to return to their diving boat at the popular diving site of hms scylla,
viewed and measured in so many different ways. from the many lives lost, on both sides of a war s arbitrary lines between the united states and the old afghanistan and the new afghanistan. you could also measure it by the tremendous financial cost, indeed we have a special look at that issue later on in tonight s special coverage. or you could measure it by how it is ending. these iconic photographs, because we have the images of what it was, of what it is, of how had ends. on the the left. you re looking at what is actually the very last american soldier to leave afghanistan as part of this 20-year war. and on the right you re looking at the last u.s. military aircraft departing in that solitary fashion from kabul s airport. that was taken just yesterday. the end, as we were just discussing with our colleague nicolle, was not easy nor smooth. many experts and critics warned that would be the likely