Google tries to silence Panjshir

Google has cut off all of the emails of the continuing Afghan government based in the Panjshir valley. There are also attempts to shut down phone, internet and power into and out of the valley but some have satellite communications. The Panjshir Resistance/ Northern Alliance still have twitter and Instagram accounts. @NA2NRF  @AmrullahSaleh2
These are good information but there is clear propaganda in the mix. At the same time the Taliban announced more than once that they had conquered the Panjshir valley only to have the Islamic worlds leading news organizations debunk it. The BBC, British and Australia’s Sky news embarrassed themselves by reporting that Panjshir had fallen. I suspect the plan was to pull the communications plug and declare Panjshir conquered and hope the world recognized them as the only remaining leadership option. It did not work. 

Days ago the Taliban made a direct attack on the valley up the Saricha road beside the river. They were cut off, wiped out and the vehicles captured. They also tried attacks in two passes high on the north west of the valley. Each time the Panjshir Resistance knew their exact positions and ambushed them with escape closed. I am seeing the results I expected. The Taliban’s positions are known at all time, they are being hit from high ground with heavy casualties.  The Taliban are using Pashtun swarm tactics against a hidden foe. They are suffering big losses. Ironically Aljazeera, Pakistani and Iranian media are giving very reliable reports of bad Taliban losses while always insisting the the Taliban will inevitably win while in ear shoot of any Taliban combatants. Indian news is going a little over the top in support of the Panjshir Tajiks. The western media is all over the place and often believing Taliban claims with out question. 

I’ve created a map of the battle. You can use google earth or Microsoft flight sim to explore the terrain of the region at tree top level. There are very few trees. 

Bagram airbase is underlined in blue at the bottom. Due north above Karimkhel is the entrance to the valley which is 100 miles, 160 km long running north north east. The crosses mark the known battles of the past three days. The southern most one was 6 miles from Bagram. 
The valley steps up continuously for 80 miles giving the defenders ridge after ridge to defend from. However most of the fighting has been out side the valley. In the area between the valley entry and the city of Charikar near Bagram.  In the mountains to the north west near the Salang tunnel, far left X on the map, approximate. That tunnel is the only way linking the north and south of the country.  There are other roads but they are closed in winter. Avalanches can close the AH76 highway that runs though the mountains and through the tunnel.  

In many other places the Taliban have been ambushed by the local population because with free vehicles they are now able to move fast and get spread too thin.
There are also reports of night fighting in Kabul itself but no news as to who is fighting who. Running around in US uniforms will tend to produce a very high friendly fire risk. 

The Taliban have large numbers of supporters up to 900000 but only a few thousand trained fighters, 75000 by the last US intel account. They are working with unfamiliar equipment and fighting as the occupier in a land that favors ambush and raiding. Its claimed that in the last three days they have lost 1 to 3 thousand. 
Countries are balking at recognizing the Taliban. The Panjshir Resistance is proving the better fighter.