"Taliban have surrounded provincial police department and I am calling upon central government to dispatch reinforcement," Sayed Sarwar Hussaini told Xinhua.
However, he said clashes have been continuing in different parts of the city and the security forces would do their best to repulse the Taliban offensives.
Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
28/9/15
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Taliban insurgents broke into the main prison in Afghanistan's northern city of Kunduz on Monday, freeing hundreds of fellow Islamist fighters hours after militants captured much of the city, two security officials said...
ReplyDeleteArmed with rocket-propelled grenades, Taliban militants overwhelmed security guards at the jail in Kunduz city centre, according to two officials there who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Marauding insurgents hoisted their flag over the main square of the northern city of Kunduz, freed prisoners from the local jail and set fire to the local intelligence agency headquarters, witnesses and officials said.
The Taliban's incursion into Kunduz barely nine months after the NATO combat mission ended marks a major psychological blow to the country's Western-trained security forces.
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Afghan forces launch bid to retake Kunduz from Taliban...
ReplyDeleteAfghan forces have begun an operation to retake the city of Kunduz, after suffering a major military reverse when it was seized by the Taliban on Monday.
Security forces have cleared the area around the central prison and the police headquarters, officials said.
The US said it carried out an air strike on the city early on Tuesday.
In one of their biggest assaults since 2001, the Taliban had forced Afghan troops and officials to retreat to the airport and freed hundreds from jail.
The attack on the northern city came as President Ashraf Ghani completed a year in office.............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34387914
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