Afghanistan: Taliban launch attacks in Helmand province and in Kunduz city
The Taliban launched coordinated attacks Monday in embattled southern Helmand province and in the northern city of Kunduz, which was overrun by the insurgents a year ago.
Heavy fighting broke out in northern Kunduz province, where a year ago to the day a U.S. airstrike, the result of a series of errors, killed 42 people at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the provincial capital.
Kunduz resident Rahimullah Shakir said that Taliban fighters started heavy attacks on the outskirts of the city Monday morning. Shops were closed as fighting continued in the late morning, he said, while mortar shells and bullets were occasionally hitting the central parts of the city.
“We are really worried about the situation,” Shakir said.