Taliban destroyed an important bridge connecting Afghanistan and Tajikistan amid intense fighting in the northern Kunduz province, in which 16 Taliban rebels died in the last 24 hours, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Monday in a statement.
The entire province, especially Kunduz and Takhar, and a part of Kabul, was also left without electricity, said a spokesperson of the nation's power regulatory authority body, Wahidullah Tawhidi.
Around 1,00,000 houses in the capital are at present without power and repair work was delayed as fighting continues in the region, Tawhidi added, Efe news reported.
The bridge was among one of the major transit and trade points between Afghanistan and Tajikistan and an important line of communication.
“The destruction of the bridge affects trade between the countries as hundreds of trucks and vehicles passed through it every day,” said Kunduz police spokesperson Hijratullah Akbari.
last weekend, the Taliban took control of the Khan Abad district for 24-hours, before they were repelled.