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Taliban Withdraw From Afghan City of Kunduz

(KABUL, Afghanistan) — The Taliban said Tuesday they are withdrawing from Kunduz, a strategic northern city that briefly fell to the insurgents last month, as an Afghan official said life there is returning to normal. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an email to media members that the group’s fighters are retreating to avoid further civilian casualties. Hamdullah Danishi, the acting governor of Kunduz province, said shops and markets in the city had reopened and residents were venturing out of their homes.

 

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