KABUL: Afghan Taliban have captured another key adjoining district to the provincial capital of Kunduz.
Taliban launched their annual summer offensive in late April with a brazen assault in Kunduz province, coming close to overrunning the provincial capital.
Chardarah district chief Mohammad Yousuf Ayubi said, “The district has fallen to Taliban after hours of fierce fighting. Twelve Afghan forces have lost their lives and 17 have been wounded,”.
Mohammad Yusuf Ayubi, head of the provincial council said that the insurgents attacked the district of Dashti Archi from four sides, setting off heavy fighting before seizing full control of the area. He said that local forces suffered casualties but did not have a precise count.
