Is panjshir in the safe hand?

By a staff reporter: Is panjshir in the safe hand? Panjshir... This place in Kabul has always been known as a Anti Taliban stronghold. In 1996, when the whole Afghanistan was almost occupied by the Taliban, panjshir was still dominated by local leaders and Ahmed Shah Masood's forces. Ahmed Shah Masood was then killed by al-Qaida militants in 2001. It was thought that this time the place might also be taken over by the Taliban. But still the Taliban could not capture Panjshi. On the contrary, Ahmed Shah Masood son Ahmed Masood's forces joined hands with US forces to liberate Afghanistan from the Taliban. And now it was Masood's forces who joined hands with Afghanistan's Vice President Amirullah Saleh to stop the Taliban.