Dushanbe, 21.10.2016. /NIAT «Khovar»/. The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, via its Consulate, has helped deliver humanitarian aid packages to families affected by the recent fighting in the Kunduz area of northern Afghanistan Province.

Tajik Consul in Fayzabad, Umed Nazarov, distributed assistance to thirty-five families from Kunduz.

The assistance reportedly included wheat flour, vegetable oil, sugar, tea, blankets, and primary necessities.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in early October that more than 32,000 people were fleeing Kunduz, a city in north Afghanistan, where fighting between armed groups and government forces entered its eighth day on October 10.

Over 32,400 people have reportedly fled Kunduz and arrived in Taloqan, Kabul, Pul-e-Khumri, and Mazar-i-Sharif.

The humanitarian situation inside Kunduz continues to be of concern — water and electricity have been cut off for over a week and food supplies are scarce, he noted.

Taliban militants in a surprise move overran parts of the strategically important Kunduz city, the capital of the northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, along the border with Tajikistan, on October 3, forcing many families to leave the war zone for safer places.

Afghan government forces, after days of fierce fighting, reportedly recaptured Kunduz city on October 12, forcing Taliban militants to retreat to their former bases.

“Taliban rebels after suffering huge casualties and leaving scores of bodies behind [and have] fled…the whole city is under control of the government forces at the moment,” an official was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.