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“We give full assurance to the honorable people of Panjshir that they will not be discriminated against,” Mr. Mujahid, the group’s spokesman, said. “They are all our brothers, and we will serve a country and a common goal.”

The Taliban took over the majority of Afghanistan with astonishing speed after the withdrawal of most American forces. After months of heavy fighting and taking horrific casualties, the U.S.-trained Afghan security forces melted away before the militants in the end, culminating in the Taliban’s seizure of Kabul on Aug. 15.

The Taliban have yet to formally announce the structure of their new government but said on Monday that they would soon offer more detail.

In what appeared to be a bid to try and keep former Afghan soldiers in the fold, Mr. Mujahid said that “former forces that were trained and are professionals should be recruited” into the new regime.

That, he added, would be done through “a procedure” that he did not elaborate on.

Still, pockets of resistance in Afghanistan remained, particularly in the north, where the Taliban have long clashed with other paramilitary groups. In late August, a group of former mujahedeen fighters and Afghan commandos said that they had begun a war of resistance in Panjshir. A rugged area about 70 miles north of Kabul, Panjshir, with its mountains and craggy valleys, has provided cover for insurgents since the Soviet occupation.

The Taliban in recent days reported making gains against the resistance forces and killing some senior leaders, including Mr. Dashti. Ahmad Zia Kechkenni, Mr. Dashti’s brother, said in an interview on Monday that the spokesman “was martyred for defending his people and country, Afghanistan.”