Kunduz News
At least 50 people were killed on Friday in a bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, in what is being described as a massive bombing after US forces left the country.
Taliban fighters have now seized key govt buildings in the northeastern Afghan city of Kunduz.
The development has now left Afghan security forces hanging onto control of the airport and their own base.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed Mullah Abdul Salam Akhund`s death in a statement.
An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff member who was abducted last year in Kunduz province, has been released.Juan Carlos, was abducted on December 19 while traveling from the ICRC office in Kunduz to the office in Mazar-i-Sharif.
The latest attack in Mazar-i-Sharif comes just two days after a bitter US presidential election.
The United Nations is investigating claims that up to 32 civilians were killed in a US airstrike in the volatile Afghan province of Kunduz last week, calling any loss of civilian life "unacceptable".
Two U.S. service members were killed on Thursday while helping Afghan security forces fighting the Taliban around the northern city of Kunduz, the U.S. military said, while Afghan officials reported at least 16 civilians were killed.
At least 39 Taliban militants were killed in clashes and airstrikes in embattled Afghanistan's Kunduz city, authorities said on Wednesday.
Afghan officials say heavy battles are ongoing between the Taliban and Afghan forces in the north for the third straight day since the insurgents attacked the city of Kunduz.
Afghan forces fought to regain control of the northern city of Kunduz on Monday after Taliban fighters pushed into the centre of the provincial capital they had briefly captured almost exactly a year ago in their biggest success in 15 years of war.
Taliban militants launched a coordinated attack on north Afghanistan`s Kunduz city to recapture its control, authorities said on Monday.
The Taliban launched an assault on Kunduz, which was the scene of intense fighting on Monday, one year after the Islamist militia briefly took over the northern Afghan city following a lightning offensive.
Afghan security forces regained control of Khan Abad district, Kunduz province which was seized by Taliban militants, police said on Sunday.
At least 19 Taliban militants were killed in a gun battle with the security forces in an Afghan province on Wednesday, authorities said in a statement.
Taliban insurgents, seeking to force the NATO-led coalition out of Afghanistan and bring in Islamic law, captured a key district in the northern province of Baghlan away after days of fighting, officials said on Monday.
The Taliban's deputy shadow district governor Abdul Rahman and 13 other insurgents were reportedly killed in a military operation in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province on Wednesday.
Two districts in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz were coming under sustained attack by Taliban fighters on Thursday, Afghan officials said.
At least 15 insurgents were killed in a military operation in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province.
Over a dozen civilians were killed as Taliban militants kidnapped a bus in Kunduz late last month.
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