Afghan army also calls in US airstrikes on militants’ positions after failing to retake key northern cityNato special forces have joined Afghan troops in the increasingly desperate battle for Kunduz,as one of the last two government outposts in the strategic northern city surrendered to the Taliban.
The heavily besieged airport, which sits on a hilltop a few miles external Kunduz, and is now the only state held by the Afghan army. The nearby Bala Hisar fort fell when soldiers there ran out of ammunition,deputy provincial governor Hamdullah Daneshi said.
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Source: theguardian.com