Special forces from the U.S.-led military coalition in
Afghanistan fought insurgents early on Wednesday near the northern city
of Kunduz, a spokesman said.
The forces were on a
mission near the besieged Kunduz airport where hundreds of Afghan forces
are based after retreating from the city, the first provincial capital
to fall to the Taliban since 2001.
"Coalition special
forces advisers, while advising and assisting elements of the Afghan
Security Forces, encountered an insurgent threat in the vicinity of the
Kunduz airport at approximately 1 am (local time), 30 September," Col.
Brian Tribus, a spokesman for the coalition, said.
"U.S. forces conducted an airstrike to eliminate the threat in Kunduz."
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