Afghan forces backed by US aircraft have launched a counter-offensive to retake the city of Kunduz.

The provincial capital was overrun by Taliban fighters on Monday.

Witnesses say the streets were littered with bodies
as Taliban fighters screeched round the city in stolen vehicles.

Afghan forces mobilise for Kunduz counteroffensive; Scores of bodies litter city streets http://t.co/eIWvfzmPuM pic.twitter.com/QJAOsxWTbS— AJE News (@AJENews) September 29, 2015


The group broke open the local jail and freed 500 inmates, many of them Taliban members.
Vid shows the moment when Tālibān fighters raised their flag over the main square in the n- #Afghan city of #Kunduz. pic.twitter.com/cy1586BOxL— Sakir Khader (@sakirkhader) September 28, 2015

Afghan troops retreated to the airport to regroup.

The Taliban’s military success will pile pressure on President Ashraf Ghani.

Pics show Tālibān fighters inside the northern Afghan city of Kunduz after they stormed the town today. pic.tw