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Afghan officials say they have regained control of key areas of the northern city of Kunduz from the Taliban, BBC reported.
An operation launched overnight saw forces recapture government landmarks and inflict heavy casualties on the militants, officials said.

But a Taliban spokesperson has insisted militants still control large parts of the city.

The city's capture was a huge blow to President Ashraf Ghani, coming on the first anniversary of his taking power.

Kunduz police chief spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini told BBC Afghan on Thursday that the military had retaken the governor's office, the police chief's office and the intelligence agency building, adding: "Taliban bodies are lying around."

Pictures on social media purported to show government forces inside the city, which Afghan interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi tweeted was being cleared of insurgents.

Mr Sediqqi was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying that 200 Taliban fighters had been killed, although this has not been confirmed.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters that the militant group still controlled most of the city and surrounding districts.
"Enemy claims regarding the Kunduz situation are not true. Mujahideen [Taliban fighters] are resisting in the city's security circle," he said, adding: "American forces are also involved in this fight but we are still defending."