The governor of Afghanistan's Kunduz province said Taliban forces which staged an assault on the provincial capital have been defeated, the BBC reported.

Asadullah Amarkhil said fighting in Kunduz city had stopped, and there were large numbers of Taliban casualties.

On Monday, Taliban fighters appeared to have breached the strategic northern city.

The fighting came a day before a major conference in Brussels to raise funds to ensure Afghan stability.

Kunduz was briefly captured by the Taliban in September 2015 in what was a major victory.

After days of back-and-forth fighting, government forces, backed by Nato, recaptured the city

Source: MENA