the Afghan forces e i Taliban they fight fiercely in the center of Kunduz, an important provincial capital. “Fierce street-to-street fighting is taking place in different parts of the city. Some security forces have withdrawn to the airport,” Amruddin Wali, a member of the Kunduz provincial council, told AFP news agency.
The Taliban took two provincial capitals on Friday, but Kunduz – in the far north – would be the most significant to fall since the insurgents launched an offensive in May when foreign forces began the final stages of their withdrawal. “The Taliban have reached the main square of the city planes are bombing them“said Abdul Aziz, a resident reached by phone.
Afghan government forces largely have abandoned the countryside to the militiamen, but now they are fighting to defend a number of cities across the country. On Friday the Taliban took the first provincial capital, Zaranj in Nimroz, and the next day they took Sheberghan a Jawzjan.
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