NATO Special Forces have reached Kunduz to support Afghan troops after the Taliban seized the strategic northern city, the military coalition said Wednesday.
"Coalition special forces are on the ground in Kunduz advising their Afghan counterparts," a NATO spokesman said.
The forces are comprised of US, British and German troops, a Western military source told AFP on condition of anonymity, without specifying the number.
NATO said US forces had also carried out three air strikes in total since Tuesday -- one on the outskirts of Kunduz and two near the city's airport, which is currently under attack by Taliban insurgents.
NATO has a residual force of around 13,000 for training and counter-terrorism operations.
Meanwhile an Afghan translator who worked for the British Army told "The Mail" yesterday how he is being hunted by Taliban gunmen. Hours after militants seized control of the city of Kunduz, fighters were said to be going from door to door rounding up dozens of men linked to international forces.
Taliban insurgents overran the Kunduz strategic northern city.
Yesterday a senior Afghan legislator announced that the army is preparing to start a new round of large-scale operations on Wednesday to regain control of the Northern city of Kunduz from Taliban.
"The Afghan forces' commanders will end their planning tonight and possibly, a massive counteroffensive will start tomorrow morning," Shayestehbaz Nasseri told FNA on Tuesday. "The mop-up operations will begin soon," he added.
Noting that the Afghan forces also had an attack on the Taliban positions on Tuesday, Nasseri said that they could regain control of key regions, including the new command building and the city prison.
Afghan Special Forces arrive, as they launch a counteroffensive to retake the city from Taliban insurgents, in Kunduz on Septmber 29, 2015.
Afghan forces started an operation to retake the city of Kunduz, after suffering a military reverse when it was seized by the Taliban on Monday.
The Taliban had forced Afghan troops and officials to retreat to the airport and freed hundreds from jail, in one of their biggest assaults since 2001.
Afghan troops backed by US air support launch a counter-offensive Tuesday to retake Kunduz, a day after Taliban insurgents overran the strategic northern city, AFP reports.