Taliban storms into northern Afghan city in major blow for security forces

The Washington Post ^ | September 28, 2015 | Tim Craig and Sayed Salahuddin

[John W]

KABUL — Taliban insurgents seized control of key facilities across a major city in northern Afghanistan on Monday, driving back stunned security forces in a multi-pronged attack that also sent Afghan officials and U.N. personnel fleeing for safety.

The fall of Kunduz would be a huge blow to the Western-backed government in Kabul and give Taliban insurgents a critical base of operations beyond their traditional strongholds in Afghanistan’s south.

For the moment, Afghan officials acknowledged, much of the city was in Taliban hands, and Afghan authorities were left struggling over how to turn the tide.

[caww]

Check out this short video with a Taliban guy doing selfies and announcing they want Shariah....while his buddies pass by.....these people do not want democracy or anything like it...leave them to their own devices....

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/world/asia/talibanpose-for-victory-selfies-in-afghan-city.html?_r=0

[Mr Rogers]

I was in Afghanistan in 2007. It was made for nukes. A neutron bomb would be wasted since there is nothing there worth saving...