(7 Oct 2015) Afghan troops have regained control of the main square in Kunduz, a strategic northern city briefly seized by Taliban insurgents last week that has been the scene of intense fighting, officials said on Wednesday.
During the fight to retake the city, a U.S. airstrike destroyed a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders, killing at least 22 people.
After sealing the city and mining roads, the insurgents looted and burned government buildings and businesses, and harassed journalists and women's and human rights workers.
The government launched its counter-offensive on Thursday, and troops have since fought intermittent running battles with insurgents, who have launched attacks on security forces from the rural outskirts of the city, officials and residents have said.
Authorities on Wednesday had no precise casualty figures, though the number of dead and wounded is believed to be in the hundreds.
Residents said militants have regrouped in the Chahar Dara district to the west, where they have had a presence for some months.
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