The Taliban have reportedly taken control of Kunduz and Sar-i-Pul, taking the number of provincial capital cities to have fallen during the past 48 hours to four
The insurgent group had earlier during the day reportedly claimed to have captured Sar-e-pul province, as well as the key Afghan city of Kunduz.
"The Taliban have reached the main square of the city. Aircraft are bombing them," said Abdul Aziz, a resident reached by phone. "There is total chaos."The pace of Taliban advances has caught government forces flatfooted, but they had some respite late Saturday after US warplanes bombed Taliban positions in Sheberghan.
Dostum has overseen one of the largest militias in the north and garnered a fearsome reputation fighting the Taliban in the 1990s – along with accusations his forces massacred thousands of insurgent prisoners of war. The pilot, Hamidullah Azimi, died when a sticky bomb attached to his vehicle detonated, officials said on Saturday, adding that five civilians were wounded in the explosion.
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