Taliban seizes northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz province as battles rage on

Taliban fighters seized parts of northern Afghanistan’s key Kunduz province on Sunday as battle between the Afghan forces and the Taliban continued.

Taliban fighters seized most of the capital of northern Afghanistan’s key Kunduz province on Sunday, and took another neighboring provincial capital after a month-long siege. The advances were the latest in a series of blows to government forces as U.S. troops complete their pullout after nearly two decades in the country. The militiamen planted their flag in the main square of Kunduz city, where it was seen flying atop a traffic police booth, a video obtained by the Associated Press showed.