Taliban captures military base in northern Kunduz city

KABUL, Afghanistan _ Taliban forces captured a key military base on Wednesday in the outskirts of Kunduz city, two days after capturing the provincial capital, an Afghan official said.tmpplchld “Bala-e-Hisar (military camp) has fallen to the Taliban and around 60 national army soldiers have surrendered to the Taliban forces,” said Sayed Asadullah Sadat, member of the provincial council in northern province of Kunduz.tmpplchld “The soldiers made a deal to leave half of their weapons and ammunition to the Taliban in exchange for their lives,” said another member of the provincial council, Aminullah Ayuddin.tmpplchld The captured base is located north of the city, and was vital to secure the highway to Sher Khan Bandar, the port town along the Tajikistan border.tmpplchld ___tmpplchld (c)2015 Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (Hamburg, Germany)tmpplchld Visit Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) at www.dpa.de/English.82.0.htmltmpplchld Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.tmpplchld