A provincial council member says Taliban fighters have taken control of much of the capital of northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, including the governor’s office and police headquarters.
A damaged clinic is seen after airstrikes in Lashkar Gah city of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. Airstrikes in southern Afghanistan damaged a health care clinic and high school in the capital of Helmand province, a provincial council member said Sunday.
Rabani said fighting was continuing at the city’s airport and other parts of the city. Kunduz is a strategic crossroads with good access to much of northern Afghanistan as well as the capital, Kabul, about 200 miles away. Meanwhile, airstrikes damaged a health clinic and high school in the capital of southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a provincial council member said Sunday.
Dr. Ahmad Khan Weyar, an official from the Helmand public health department, said a nurse was killed when an airstrike hit a health clinic and a guard was wounded.
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