Siege of Kunduz

Name: Siege of Kunduz
Start: 2001

2001 CE.

Shown on the map at 36.733°, 68.867°.

The siege of Kunduz occurred during the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan. After the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif on 9 November, the focus of the Northern Alliance advance shifted towards the city of Kunduz, which was the last remaining Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan.

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