Proposed funds would help the Taliban's ability to protect some 3,500 UN personnel in Kabul and 10 field offices, a UN document says.
A spokesperson for National Resistance Forces, a group loyal to Ahmad Massoud, says fighting occurred on the western entrance to the valley where the Taliban attacked NRF positions.
Taliban takes up positions on highways that connect strategic Kunduz city to neighbouring provinces, officials say, as fighting escalates between insurgents and government troops.
Frustration and fear grow over the recent spike in violence and both the Afghan government and Taliban are blaming each other.
Since Monday Taliban fighters have killed government forces personnel while storming several posts guarding Afghanistan's historic minaret of Jam in western Ghor province, officials say.
While the Taliban banned sports like cricket and football in the early years of their rule of Afghanistan, now its fighters enjoy a game of cricket.
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