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The siege of Kunduz occurred during the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan. After the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif on 9 November, the focus of the Northern Alliance advance shifted towards the city of Kunduz , which was the last remaining Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan.
The local Kunduz Provincial Hospital reported 35 deaths and more than 50 injuries. Twenty fatalities were reported from Médecins Sans Frontières. [10] According to a Taliban official, there were 100 victims, adding that most were dead. [11] The official death toll provided to media outlets is 50, and 143 others were injured.
Taliban fighters freed from Kunduz prison [6] 21 June–8 August: Unknown; 8–11 August: 2,000 soldiers [9] Casualties and losses; Afghan military claim: Heavy casualties [5] Unknown casualties Hundreds of soldiers surrendered [9] Weapons: A number of military vehicles, equipment [10] and ScanEagle drones captured [11] 1 tank captured, 3 tanks ...
A Taliban official says a bombing at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 33 people, including students of a religious school. Zabihullah Mujahid, the ...
The Taliban launched its attacks on Kunduz on 24 April, targeting four outlying districts around the city. [17] By the 28th, they largely controlled the suburb of Gortepa, while in the Imam Sahib District Taliban fighters surrounded an Afghan National Army base and Afghan Local Police forces in the area were forced to retreat on several fronts. [17]
The 2009 Kunduz airstrike took place on Friday 4 September 2009 at roughly 2:30 am local time, [3] 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Kunduz City, Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan. Responding to a call by German forces , an American F-15E fighter jet struck two fuel tankers , killing over 100 civilians in the attack.
The airstrike on a World Central Kitchen convoy in the Gaza Strip on Monday killing seven team members has prompted a slew of questions about the Israeli military's practices in the war.
The Kunduz airlift, also called the Airlift of Evil, refers to the evacuation by Pakistan of hundreds of top commanders and members of the Taliban and al-Qaeda as well as their Pakistani advisors (which included agents of the Inter-Services Intelligence and personnel of the Pakistani military) from the city of Kunduz, Afghanistan, in November 2001.