The provincial capital of Kunduz was back in the news this week after the Taliban regained control of the city.
Kunduz was the first major city to fall to U.S.-backed Northern Alliance troops in November 2001. Now, nearly 14 years later, the Taliban is back in control.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told reporters that security forces were staging a counterattack to try to push back the Taliban.
This week’s developments brought back memories of Afghanistan. I went there after the Sept. 11 attacks to cover the fight against the Taliban. I was a correspondent for the Dallas Morning News at the time. I traveled to the war zone with a talented and gutsy photographer named Cheryl Diaz Meyer.
Oct. 1 update:
CNN was reporting today that Afghan troops had retaken most of Kunduz. A Taliban spopkesman said they were still fighting, and some Afghan families were fleeing the city.
Raw video footage I shot in Kunduz is below. WARNING: Some of the images are graphic.