The Taliban offensive against Panjshir resistance forces, meanwhile, has slowed down due to the presence of land mines in the area.
After refuting reports of the Taliban capturing Panjshir valley, a report of about 600 Taliban killed in the country's northeastern province, surfaced on Sunday.
"About 600 Taliban terrorists have been liquidated in various districts of Panjshir since morning. More than 1,000 Taliban militants have been captured or surrendered themselves," the resistance forces' spokesperson Fahim Dashti tweeted, according to Sputnik News, adding that the Taliban had problems with getting supplies from other Afghan provinces.
The Taliban offensive against Panjshir resistance forces, meanwhile, has slowed down due to the presence of land mines in the area.
A Taliban source said fighting has been continuing in Panjshir but the advance had been slowed by landmines on the road to the capital Bazarak and the provincial governor's compound, reported Al Jazeera.
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Taliban spokesperson Bilal Karimi said the Khinj and Unabah districts had been taken, giving Taliban forces control of four of the province's seven districts. "The Mujahideen (Taliban fighters) are advancing toward the centre (of the province)," he said on Twitter.
The Taliban, which took power in the rest of the country three weeks ago, has not been able to gain control over Panjshir valley which is the stronghold of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, led by Ahmad Massoud, the son of late ex-Afghan guerrilla commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, and acting President Amrullah Saleh.
"The situation is difficult, we have been under invasion," Saleh said earlier in a video message. "The resistance is continuing and will continue."
As the Taliban takeover the war-torn country, the Shia Hazara minority in Afghanistan are regularly subjected to targeted killings, violence, and discrimination based on their religious and ethnic identity, said a Canada-based think tank.
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