Taliban attack makes 80 dead in Afghanistan | Chronic

At least 80 dead and 70 wounded left a rebel raid in the northern Afghan town of Kunduz as negotiations continued to end the longest-running war the United States has perpetuated.
Clashes have occurred in the suburbs and parts of Kunduz, where the Taliban have made their homes in civilian homes, EFE said.

"Hundreds of Taliban have been involved in the attack"which began shortly after midnight when they infiltrated different parts of the city," said the spokesman for the Ministry of Defense at a press conference in Kabul, Rohullah Ahmadzai.

The informant said that "Security forces act slowly but cautiously as part of a counterattack so as not to harm civilians."

On the other hand, the spokesman of the Afghan Ministry of the Interior, Nasrat RahimiHe said that up to now 56 Taliban fighters have died in the counterattack.

One of the city's hospitals – which had been taken by the Taliban – was recovered by government forces without causing damage to civilians.

"The insurgents have been captured and several Taliban have been killed in hospitals, while the patients and staff of the center have not been damaged" the spokesman said.

At the same time, the National Security Directorate (NDS) has declared that the Taliban commander of Kunduz, the Mulah Wali, was shot by the Special Forces sniper unit during the clashes.

Previously, the NDS had said that among the dead insurgents were at least 26 members of the Red Taliban Unit, a kind of special forces of the group of insurgents equipped with modern weapons.

The Afghan Minister of Defense, ASadullah Khalid; the minister of the interiorMasoud Andarabi, and the commander of the international coalition in Afghanistan, the lieutenant-general Austin Scott Thousandr, arrived in Kunduz province after the attack on the Afghan capital, announced the Interior Ministry in a statement.

The attacks coincide with the development of the ninth round of negotiations between the US delegation and the Taliban in Doha, with a view to concluding an agreement to withdraw international forces from Afghanistan.

It is believed that the Taliban are living their best military and political moment after their defeat during the US invasion of that country after the attacks of September 11, 2001 that left at least 3,000 dead.

However, the White House will maintain 8,600 troops in Afghanistan following the entry into force of a virtual peace agreement ending 18 years of war, the president said Thursday. Donald Trump