A day earlier, the Taliban attempted to enter Panjshir through a pass in the nearby province of Badakhshan. The attack was repelled and the Taliban sustained serious losses, according to Maj. Wazir Akbar, an Afghan army commando who joined the Panjshir resistance.
[southfront.org]
In a tribal society, even the "Scholars" will have difficulty creating some sort of unity, unless it is the unity of the graveyard.