Troops regain control of Kunduz from Taliban after three-day battle

All clear: Members of the Afghan National Army securing a road leading to the Baghlan-Kunduz provincial border. — EPA

KABUL: Afghan forces retook control of the strategic northern city of Kunduz after a three-day Taliban occupation that dealt a stinging blow to the country’s Nato-trained military.

The fall of the provincial capital, even temporarily, highlights the stubborn insurgency’s potential to expand beyond its rural strongholds in the south of the country.