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1. Taliban and opposition forces battle on Saturday to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the militant group, as the top U.S. general warned of a "civil war" if the Islamists failed to consolidate power. 2. In a surprise move, Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed on Saturday dashes to Kabul, according to media reports here, amidst the Taliban struggling to finalise and install an inclusive government in Afghanistan that would be acceptable to the international community. 3. The death toll due to viral fever and dengue outbreak in the western Uttar Pradesh district climbs to 51 on Saturday as an 11-year-old girl succumbed to the disease, even as central and state officials reviewed the situation. 4. A bypoll for the Bhabanipur Assembly seat in Bengal - the seat Mamata Banerjee will contest and must win to remain Chief Minister - will be held on September 30, the Election Commission says on Saturday afternoon. 5. A series of videos surfaces showing the body of separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani was wrapped in the Pakistani flag before it was taken into custody by the Jammu and Kashmir Police who gave him a quiet burial on Thursday morning. The police said a case has been registered under the strict anti-terror law Unlawful Activities Prevention Act or UAPA.