The Taliban are trying to capture the city of Kunduz.
The Taliban have launched a coordinated attack on the city of Kunduz in Northern Afghanistan.
According to the chief of the police Department Shir Ali Kamal, the militants attacked positions of government forces from four directions and entered the city. “We do our best to beat them,” he said.
According to the correspondent of the Agency, the city heard shooting in the sky loitering helicopters.
A year ago, on 28 September, terrorists also attacked Kunduz. They captured key points on the approach and then started to sweep the village. October 1, government forces managed to retake the city under their control.
The Islamist Taliban movement emerged in Afghanistan in 1994. From 1996 to 2001 rule the country in 2003, the UN recognized the movement as a terrorist organization. The Taliban provided sanctuary to Osama bin Laden after the terrorist attack of 11 September 2001 in new York. According to various estimates, the Islamists control 70% of Afghanistan’s territory, the number of active militants of the organization is estimated at 27 million people.
