Kunduz

Afghan National Army soldiers fire artillery during a battle with Taliban insurgents in Kunduz on April 29, 2015.

Afghan officials say ISIS and the Taliban have joined forces in at least one province

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The Afghan government is having trouble containing an attack on the important northern city of Kunduz, which appears to be under fire from a new alliance of Taliban and ISIS fighters that the provincial governor calls a new Taliban — and a new war.

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