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Afghanistan’s Kunduz province had been earlier evaluated as secure that is why troops were moved to other hotspots. Now, with US and Afghan forces concentrated on the southern regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban have returned to the northern Kunduz province. In fact, ‘the Taliban is now threatening a key route bringing NATO supplies from Central [...]

A threat letter from the Taliban reads: “We have warned you. If we now kill schoolgirls, you shouldn’t be surprised.” In a Taliban-controlled area in northern Afghanistan, civilians are faced with the prospect of going against the Taliban all by themselves should they dare to as Afghan police and military are afraid to go to these places. [...]