Afghan Taliban take district near northern Kunduz in spring offensive

Taliban militants captured a district just outside the northern Afghan city of Kunduz Saturday, officials said, pointing to renewed pickup in fighting after the insurgents announced their annual spring offensive last week.


Mahfouz Akbari, a police spokesman for eastern Afghanistan, said security forces had pulled out of Qala-i-Zal district, west of Kunduz city, Saturday to avoid further civilian and military casualties after more than 24 hours of heavy fighting.
  [dailystar.com.lb/Reuters]
6/5/17
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