Forces retake district from Taliban

Afghan forces have recaptured a district that had fallen briefly to the Taliban, officials and residents said Sunday, after thousands of people fled their homes in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz province. Khan Abad district, which is around 30 kilometres east of Kunduz city – the provincial capital where militants last year scored their biggest ever victory […]

Afghan forces have recaptured a district that had fallen briefly to the Taliban, officials and residents said Sunday, after thousands of people fled their homes in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz province.
Khan Abad district, which is around 30 kilometres east of Kunduz city – the provincial capital where militants last year scored their biggest ever victory – had fallen to the Taliban after they launched a pre-dawn attack on the district centre on Saturday, according to local officials.