security forces in Kunduz city, northern Afghanistan, on Aug.... “ At the same time we hadn’t

Pictures showed plumes of smoke rising into the air over Kunduz.... We immediately took him to the

Mashooq Kohistani, commander of an Afghan Army battalion in Kunduz.... “ The doors, the guard

prayers in Kunduz province.... ISIS-K has claimed that it was behind a series of blasts in the

arrow-right The move essentially ceded the last island of government control in the provincial capital to the Taliban and followed days of sweeping gains by the fighters across northern and western Afghanistan.... The Taliban has now pushed into nine provincial capitals.... Over the past week, the militants have started pushing into urban areas. Advertisement Government control has shrunk dramatically, to less than a third of the country’s territory....

At least 14 people were killed by bomb blasts in Afghan cities on Thursday — including 10 at a mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif, the second attack against a Shia target this week. The number of bombings in Afghanistan has dwindled since the Taliban returned to power in August, but the militant Islamic State group has claimed several since then. The group also claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif.... Grisly images of victims being carried to the hosp

Thursday, 130 Taliban fighters surrendered with the help of tribal elders in the western province of

People carry the body of a victim following a bombing in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan

control of much of the capital of Kunduz province, including the governor's office and police

several districts across the three northern provinces of Kunduz, Baghlan and Balkh, said Mousavi.... On