Kabul. The Taliban has captured the city of Kunduz, the armed group said, the third provincial capital the armed group has taken over in the last three days.<\/p>\n
A Taliban statement on Sunday said it has captured the police headquarters, the governor\u2019s compound and the prison in the city.<\/p>\n
Local sources and journalists in Kunduz confirmed to Al Jazeera that Taliban fighters are present in the capital.<\/p>\n
\u201cHeavy clashes started yesterday afternoon, all government headquarters are in control of the Taliban, only the army base and the airport is with ANDSF [Afghan security forces] from where they are resisting the Taliban,\u201d Amrudddin Wali, a member of Kunduz provincial assembly, said.<\/p>\n
Health officials in Kunduz said that 14 bodies, including those of women and children, and more than 30 injured people have been taken to hospital.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s takeover comes after the group seized the provinces of Nimroz and Jowzjan in the last two days.<\/p>\n
Kunduz had previously fallen to the group in 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, the Taliban captured the city of Sheberghan, the city\u2019s deputy governor said, a day after Zaranj, in Nimruz province, fell \u201cwithout a fight\u201d, according to its deputy governor.<\/p>\n
People in Kunduz tried to flee ahead of the Taliban\u2019s arrival, a resident told Al Jazeera, and are still afraid of going outside their houses. – Al Jazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kabul. The Taliban has captured the city of Kunduz, the armed group said, the third provincial capital the armed group has taken over in the last three days. A Taliban statement on Sunday said it has captured the police headquarters, the governor\u2019s compound and the prison in the city. Local sources and journalists in Kunduz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"yoast_head":"\n