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Sources from Kunduz said on Friday that the residents of the city are living in a bad situation and want government's help to end the war and ensure their safety.
According to the sources, thousands of Kunduz residents have been displaced due to the war and are facing with lack of food, water, shelter and medicine.
Local officials said the security forces retook control of Khwaja Mashd, Bandar-e-Kabul and Hawza-e Awal areas in Kunduz city on Thursday night, but according to the officials, Taliban militants have still control over Bandar-e-Khan Abad, Zakhail, Naseri and Chaman regions in the outskirts of the city.
Sources said that nearly 200 Taliban militants and around 20 security force members have been killed and wounded in Kunduz battle.
The sources also said that people have taken out to the Kunduz Airport road and a number of shops were also opened on Friday morning.
Meanwhile, the Amnesty International in a press released on Thursday called on Afghan government and Taliban to facilitate swift and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief into Kunduz, where according to the organization, thousands of civilians are trapped in increasingly dire conditions.
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