KABUL: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have recaptured the control of the key Khanabad district in northern Kunduz province, Khaama Press reported.
Local forces retaken the Khan Abad district which fell to Taliban after the militants launched a pre-dawn attack on the district centre, according to local officials
However, Afghan Taliban did not commented regarding the report so far.
Earlier, Taliban militants on Saturday captured a district in northeastern Kunduz province, near the provincial capital where militants scored their biggest victory in 14 years last September.
The militants, have intensified their attacks nationwide and tightened their grip on the besieged capital of Helmand province southwest of Kunduz in recent weeks.
Khan Abad district, which is around 30 kilometres east of Kunduz city, fell to Taliban after the militants launched a pre-dawn attack on the district centre, according to local officials.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid had confirmed in a statement that the group’s fighters were in control of district and police headquarters.
The Taliban briefly captured northern Kunduz city in September last year, the first city to fall to the insurgents in their biggest victory in 14 years of war.
The militants were driven out almost two weeks later by Afghan forces backed by US aircraft and NATO soldiers, but it marked the first time since 2001 that the Taliban were able to take control of a major city in the country.
