The Taliban Are Still Holding Out Against Afghan Forces In Kunduz

Reuters: Taliban hold out in northern Afghan city, district in northeast falls

Taliban fighters were holding out against Afghan troops in Kunduz on Friday, a day after government forces recaptured most of the northern city that had fallen to the militants in their biggest victory of a 14-year insurgency.

In Jalalabad in the east of the country, a U.S. military transport plane crashed at an airfield just after midnight, killing all 11 people on board, the U.S. military said.

The Taliban said it had shot down the aircraft, but the U.S. military, which still has several thousands troops in Afghanistan after NATO's combat mission ended, said there were no reports of enemy fire and described the crash as an accident.

More News On The Battle For The Afghan City Of Kunduz

Taliban Gain Momentum in Afghanistan’s North as Fight for Kunduz Continues -- NYT
Taliban expands fight beyond Afghanistan's Kunduz -- Al Jazeera
Afghanistan's Elite Special Forces Take Lead In Fighting Taliban -- Radio Free Europe
U.S. Special Forces Trade Fire With Taliban in Afghanistan -- WSJ
Afghan Govt: 150 Taliban Killed as Troops Reclaim Parts of Kunduz -- Antiwar
Taliban Fighters Remain In Kunduz, One Day After Afghan Army Regains Control -- Radio Free Europe
Afghan forces go house-to-house clearing Taliban from Kunduz -- Deutsche Welle
Three-day occupation of Kunduz shows our strength says Taliban leader -- AP
Taliban Atrocities Alleged in Kunduz as Fighting Persists -- VOA
Afghanistan: Harrowing accounts emerge of the Taliban’s reign of terror in Kunduz -- Amnesty International
Amnesty condemns Taliban's 'reign of terror' in Kunduz -- DW
Afghan Taliban attack: Fears for civilians in Kunduz -- BBC
US Military Favors Longer Presence in Afghanistan -- AP
Will Taliban Invasion Keep U.S. Boots on Ground in Afghanistan? -- The NBC
Why the fall of Kunduz, Afghanistan, matters to the USA -- Jim Michaels, USA TODAY
Fall of Kunduz reveals Afghanistan’s security gaps -- Tom Kutsch, Al Jazeera
Kunduz fighting: Could city's fall boost peace prospects? -- Justin Rowlatt, BBC