Taliban seizes Khanabad in Afghanistan’s Kunduz

The Taliban government collapsed after the U.S. invasion; since them Taliban control over parts of Afghanistan has since wildly fluctuated.

“It looks like the government is yet to assemble and fight effectively against the Taliban“.

Afghan security forces are now battling the Taliban in at least 15 of the country’s 34 provinces, according to the country’s Defence Ministry.

The Taliban are once again making a play for another October surprise, utilizing the same strategy and tactics.

He warned the government not to ignore Kunduz, saying “if the central government does not pay attention to Kunduz, the Taliban will overrun Kunduz city as they did a year ago”. Just $5 a month. Airstrikes by coalition forces on the outskirts of the airport bought time for Afghan reinforcements to make their way to Kunduz.

“It seems like the morale of the Afghan National Forces is quite low in Kunduz province”. According to Baghlan provincial council member Mawlawi Raji,”At least 18 Rangers belonging to the Afghan Local Police have been seized by the insurgents.

Almost two dozen militants and security personnel have been injured for the control of Shahr-e-Kohna neighbourhood, according to the official.

Provincial spokesman Sayed Mahmood Danish confirmed the overnight battle, saying security forces were “trying to get back control of the district from the Taliban“. Surrounding districts and villages that were vital to last year’s collapse are once again under serious threat of capture. “The district fell to the Taliban“.

In September 2015, Afghan officials admitted that the provincial capital, also called Kunduz, had “largely fallen into the hand of enemies” when Taliban insurgents seized the center of the city, including a hospital and a prison, where they reportedly freed more than 500 inmates.

The Taliban-led insurgency has been rampant since early April when the militant group launched its annual rebel offensive in different places of the country, which had claimed hundreds of lives including militants, security personnel and civilians.