BRUSSELS, Dhu-AlHijjah 24, 1436, Oct 8, 2015, SPA -- NATO troops may need to stay in Afghanistan for a longer period and any decision should be based on the situation on the ground, Reuters quoted Germany's defence minister as saying on Thursday. Despite the recapture of the strategic northern city of Kunduz from Taliban militants, the intense fighting has raised questions over whether NATO-trained Afghan forces were ready to go it alone now most foreign combat troops have left. "We'll need to look at how we go forward and whether we should stay longer," Ursula von der Leyen said as she arrived for a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels. "The developments in Kunduz show that the way that we have walked together with the Afghans ... that we have to walk on." The deadly bombing of a hospital in Kunduz has also put renewed attention on NATO's future in the country that has received more than $100 billion in international aid but whose long-term stability is still in question. --SPA 13:18 LOCAL TIME 10:18 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w