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FILE - In this Sept 28, 2011 file photo, a large poster of late charismatic guerrilla fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud is displayed next to a road leading into the Panjshir Valley. In August 2021, the last remnants of AfghanistanâÄ™s shattered security forces have vowed to resist the Taliban in the remote Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, that has defied conquerors before. Under the leadership of Massoud, fighters in the Panjshir Valley held off the Soviets in the 1980s and the Taliban a decade later. Any attempt to re-enact his exploits appears likely to fail, posing little threat to the country's new Taliban rulers. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)