Taliban Assault In Kunduz

The Afghan Taliban captured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz today, forcing troops to retreat to the provincial capital which fell briefly to the insurgents last year, officials said.

Taliban fighters battled their way into the centre of Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan on Monday and seized the provincial governor's office, in one of the militants' biggest territorial gains in 14 years of war, witnesses and officials said.

Taliban insurgents advancing on the capital of a northern Afghan province have captured a key adjoining district, officials said Sunday, sparking renewed alarm among residents who fear the fall of the besieged city.

The Afghan Taliban captured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz today, forcing troops to retreat to the provincial capital which fell briefly to the insurgents last year, officials said.

Taliban fighters battled their way into the centre of Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan on Monday and seized the provincial governor's office, in one of the militants' biggest territorial gains in 14 years of war, witnesses and officials said.

Taliban insurgents advancing on the capital of a northern Afghan province have captured a key adjoining district, officials said Sunday, sparking renewed alarm among residents who fear the fall of the besieged city.