Taliban claim control of whole country, say war is over in Afghanistan

The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan over on Monday after claiming to have wiped out last pocket of armed resistance, while they vowed to form a new government soon."War is ended," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a press conference in Kabul, local broadcaster TOLONews reported three weeks after the Islamist group swept to power in the Afghan capital.His remarks came just hours after the Taliban announced its forces had completely captured Panjshir, a small, mountainous valley province northeast of Kabul, from opposition forces led by Ahmad Massoud.But the opposition forces,…READ FULL ARTICLE