parlor at the moment. and all the signs which showed women in their dresses have been whitewashed over. >> wow. that's a dramatic symbol of the changes that are arriving there in kabul. listen, thanks so much for talking to us, ben farmer in kabul, appreciate it. and now i want to turn to cnn international diplomatic editor nick rat robertson live islamabad. the resistance in the panjshir valley, the taliban say they control it, the resistance says it's still in their hands. what's the latest on the resistance movement there? >> reporter: the fighting continues. the resistance movement is making clear that they're not going to budge. the taliban have released videos that show that they've taken some of the strategic heights around the valley. this is a valley that the soviets couldn't conquer. this is a valley that the -- when they were in the country in the 1980s that the taliban back