WorldKUNDUZ, AFP -Fighting continued on the outskirts of Kunduz Tuesday as some frightened residents fled the city a day after the Taliban launched an hours-long assault that was repelled by Afghan forces backed by NATO. Dozens of residents could be seen boarding buses, many of them government employees and their families fearing Taliban violence. Kunduz provincial governor Assadullah Omarkhil said the operation was moving slowly “because the Taliban are using people's houses to hide”. But a Taliban spokesman insisted via Twitter that the militants were still advancing. After seizing Kunduz on September 28, 2015, the Taliban held the city for two days then withdrew from the outskirts on October 15.

Source: Sunday Times October 04, 2016 14:06 UTC