Taliban seize part of Afghanistan's Kunduz city

Hundreds of Taliban fighters have launched an attack on the strategic northern Afghan city of Kunduz.  Militants are attacking from several directions and are reported to have briefly entered a hospital.
 
There are casualties on both sides. 

Kunduz province has seen a number of attacks since April, with the Taliban joining forces with other insurgents. 

The assault comes a day after a bomb attack on a sporting event in the eastern Paktika province that killed nine people. 

BBC