(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Afghan officials say Taliban fighters have launched a coordinated attack on the northern city of Kunduz, and captured a district in the south of the country.
The militants attacked from four sides of Kunduz just after midnight on October 3, triggering heavy fighting with government forces.
The head of the police coordination office in Kunduz, Mohammadullah Bahej, said the militants had been pushed back but fighting was continuing on the outskirts of the city.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the attackers had captured several checkpoints in the city.
Kunduz fell for a few days to the Taliban one year ago in a battle that the UN said left 289 people dead and hundreds more wounded.
Meanwhile, in the southern province of Helmand, officials said militants seized a district to the south of the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah, killing the local police chief.
A police official said the fighting in the Nawa district between security forces and Taliban militants was ongoing.
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source : rferl
Monday
3 October 2016
1:28:27 PM
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Afghan officials say Taliban fighters have launched a coordinated attack on the northern city of Kunduz, and captured a district in the south of the country.