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nothing. people on the outskirts of athens, frustrated and exhausted. wildfires burn across the region. a month after the assassination of haiti's president, governor movies. we still don't know who was behind it. and stranded refugees and migrants celebrate the news. they'll be able to leave columbia, but a dangerous journey lies ahead. i'm joined with the sports off more than 2 weeks. the competition, the tokyo olympics is about to draw to a close. i'll have the best in the final days action from japan. ah, we're still covering breaking news this all from of gone to stay on the telephone. his captured, another prudential capital. this time in the north, the armed group attacked the city of conduce early on sunday morning with intense st. battles, lasting for hours. witnesses are describing it as tofal. chaos and taliban has

rapidly gained territory in recent days. the regions marked to enrich they have fall into the taliban. they range in numerous province and conduce as well. the african government hasn't officially confirmed this, but sources tell us the cities have been lost. the regions you can see, they're in great jobs, john and sorry, paul. only the taliban is claiming to have taken those provincial capitals. meanwhile, in the southern provinces of helmand and kandahar government forces have been backed up by us, strikes against the telephone advance. let's bring in child balance, who has lived for us now, in kabul, charlotte just start by telling us what's happening in couldn't do then. also why that is so important. condos is incredibly significant for it to fall. this morning is, is terrible news for the afghan government and a major boost for the telephone. the telephone put out a statement early this morning saying they had taken 30 pull and conduce provinces

. we managed to get through the residents. phone lines had been down for some time and they concern to us that the taliban were on the streets that they had taken over most government buildings in condos, especially that they were in the police chiefs office. they were in the governor's compound intelligence offices that they took over the prison and released prisoners and right, and the center of condos. they raised the tele bond flag to show that the city was now b is now this is incredibly significant because that means that 3 provinces have fallen to the telephone in 3 days. if you take the venture capital, you take the problems with it. the 3 and 3 days and put that into context. the last time a provincial capital and province was in 2015 now for context as well. it means that a lot of fighting is continuing in afghanistan. really most provinces, those flashing going on and they've lost the southern problem, like you said,

of minerals and then also in jose, john, the capital. sure. the gone that is heavily contested the telephone telling us that they have it. but the ministry of defense saying, no, we still have special courses there and we are fighting back shell. what do we know about how the african government is responding so far? for they're relying on the special forces and it strikes to push back. but of course is fighting continue, they're becoming afraid, incredibly thing. mean there is heavy fighting, continuing and home, and province and lash cargo in kansas city. and then also just a few the recent hours into problems in the north and telecom. so the government is trying to kind of respond very quickly to all these different spots now. and it's becoming incredibly difficult and as the hello bon move into the cities and means the way entering a phase of urban warfare, which is really worst case scenario. civilians to have strikes happening in cities and also streets of st. battles have been seeing that and less ga,

just in the last week where there has been, is strikes, constantly took the residents there, and they say they absolutely terrified they have not left their homes in a week. it's starting to run short on supplies and their houses shaking from the number of strikes. but for now, thank you for that charlotte bell, a slide for us in cobble. well, i'm not sure jamal is head of international affairs cornerstones office of the national security council. he joins us also from cobbled, thank you for your time. first off, why are afghan forces seemingly unable to challenge the telephone as it takes over so much territory with so much speed for thanks for having rhetoric, but you might actually like myself to address the manner in which you ask the question. that's going national defense courses are not able to address the situations that have been able and fully capable of putting up a resistance across multiple provinces for the past 3 or 4 months across the sun.

and to address or question the abs that are able to do this despite the fact that the telephone, the large confusion of men, these are fighting men but also weapons. because if you're a member in previous fighting, he's a so called in which is really the summer and the spring and early fall is that the telephone are able to make trouble to the trouble in approximately maybe 40 problem . 16 problem of the $34.00 total provinces, and i've done this year, all of a sudden they've been able to actually push their campaign to approximately nearly all of the problems isn't the stuff is actually putting up with that kind of an escalation. because if you have 14, when you send them to 14 problems with 14, you can't do the same thing to send 14 people into 34 problems. but the truth is that the taliban have received man weapons and explosives, but also the direction from across our southern frontier,

which is that is why they're able to put a stick resistance across the country. okay sir, do you accept then that, that all of these places awful into the taliban? cuz it sounds like you're saying actually the afghan forces are putting up resistance. what we've heard from our correspondence from, from witnesses on the ground that ron and nimble province has fallen. condos is also falling. that chair begun. and sorry, paul, only to tell about this time you have taken those provincial capitals, but the fighting is ongoing. bear as well. i think if you focused on a given the sliver of time at any given moment, a problem may have fallen under the telephone's control. but i think the situation is completely fluid, which means that as we are speaking, ask a national defense forces are actually rallying and pushing the top one out of the problems. similar actually happening in sugar on a similar action is also happening. instead of going to be other problems that you

listed as having fallen in. and so because here's the truth. the truth is that all of them are able to push in are able to grab all the headlines and further conversations that you and i are having today. but they're not capable of holding the provincial capitals. it's simply not been able to do that. and as you're, as charlotte a few moments ago, the last time they were to emily capture any provincial capital was 6 years ago in 2015. and that really speaks to the ability of the old ground and push the telephone out. but the sad reality of this ground changing hands in the course by the telephone to enter into these areas that have been peaceful to the, to the moment is billions of fortunately are really bearing the brunt of all of because we see an increase in civilian casualties. just as a tal escalated their violence, approximately 2 thirds of a civilian casualties have been women and children. and that speaks to the taliban

modus operandi, which is there actually owns civilian homes to hide, but also to launch attack. and that is creating a will for civilian. but if you also allow me, let me also add the august. the news is significant in one other way. in addition to a trauma, that is, the can do is actually the gateway into central asia because of a polygon are able to establish a told in this province. then with the multiple terrorist organizations, the iron you from a becket on the love and just on and the multiple other ones, they're able to big interest in terms of the year by the ask and national defense resources is not just for us, it is for central asia and the neighbor because we are fighting the terrorist threat is manifested in the war. i think you're quite right. we should lose sight of the fact and we should always mentioned that civilians are being killed. view and security council heard yesterday more than

a 1000 civilians have been killed in the past month during this taliban offensive. but i want to come back to how well placed or otherwise the african military is because american b, 50 twos with head reports, are being used to support african forces in the southern provinces. what happens when the americans are gone because they meant to be out by the end of the month. what's the plan? they have good air force. the cell is, has been engaging the telephone positions for multiple years now. they ask in the air force has been working over capacity, primarily because we have a few airplanes that are being repaired, some of them the internally inside of us on their own mechanic and technicians. some of them has actually been overseas to other countries and which has better ability, better tech, technical abilities exist, workshops and so on to, to, to repair them. and so they ask and air force is able to pick up the slack that the to choose by the us leave behind. and it's important for us also also to recognize

that we need the air protection because you're fighting in a symmetric warfare. and what i mean by that is all about are not just engaging in man, demand combat in st. combat their planting, improvised explosive devices. these are effectively anti personnel ones on the streets in people's homes and workers, which make credibly difficult and time consuming and diffuse these bombs as you push the solid by just finally, how do you continue? peace talks with the tele bond when the total bond is making so many gains and as you say, so many civilians are being killed in the process as the un was saying yesterday, a party that was genuinely committed to a negotiated settlement would not risk so many civilian casualties, so how do you or how does i've gone asked on enter into those discussions.

always kept the door to open the we would continue to remain open to negotiation. open to comprehend that the word is not closed even as the telephone are actually pushing their blood on the table. but we do know in the challenge and actually demonstrate their willingness to one piece to match their actions with the rhetoric that they're putting up and not just the upper to the rest of the world. for the past several years. this is really why we really think that the un security council should have an emergency session to take stock of the rhetoric versus their action to take stock of the humanitarian situation, the telephone on the african civilian population. but also to look into why is this, which is under so many heavy un sanctions that obligates regional states not to predict the weapons or how they're able to receive those items. and those are some of the questions in the future that we hope to ask. because you cannot put up in

a minute that keeps resurfacing and keeps rejuvenating with resources from across the frontiers. ok, i want to ask you about pakistan because i've gone to st on, has, of course, accused focused on of aiding and abetting the taliban. but in recent days, the spindle dot crossing between afghanistan and pakistan has been closed by the telephone because podcast on has basically not made it easy, has insisted on visa requirements being met before letting any one through. and that, of course, is a key source of revenue from, from come from customs. what do you make of that development? it is very well documented and it's not just just an accusation from the government . if you go to the us council, their analytical and monitoring team puts out for curiosity, independent experts, you all to speak to regional countries, the united states. i think everybody believe this is really a figure from 2014,

by the us department of and maybe improvised explosive devices that used to kill american soldiers and 80 percent of them use ammonium nitrate, which is a fertilizer. but also chemical precursor explosives were produced to pakistani bands. and so with that import of the war making capability, it is difficult for any power, including the united states single handedly, the telephone going to send, but you're right. the customs remains an important part of the telephone to give me the to regenerate, but that's really not the only thing. the other thing is, the telephone or the telephone are involved in trans boundary, trans national. we're going to try and in the division the production. but also the modeling of our products into iran, but also to central asia into russia. and you're, they're also able to explore money from people and truck drivers to try to drive

commercial goods across the country. and so that is really what is eating the telephone and the revenue from the waters. although learning is only a small fraction best part of their ability to generate revenue for the chairs or we're going to leave it there. thanks for your time. i'm not sure, jim, all the head of international affairs and i've got to sounds office of the national security council, or we can put some of those questions now too. so have shaheen. here is the international media spokesman for the taliban. he joins us from here in doha, via skype. thank you for your time. i want to put that question to you that we just heard from earlier. guest who is questioning how the tele bond can be a true partners of peace. how anyone can believe that it wants to negotiate a settlement when civilians are being killed in f, thousands in the midst of such intense fighting on the ground. what's your response to that? our response is clear. we want

a peaceful solution of the issue that we we waited for for the last one year. but unfortunately, you may have seen that the head of the college ministration on the day of he did. he announced a military strategy for 3 months in 6 months and after that they started banding, city hospitals, clinics, schools of intellect. god, they have done all these things and it wasn't above the super part of that is not the commitment to peace in the conciliation. but when there are announcing the military is taught to g, we have the capability office taking what cities back to we were waiting for

them. and our policy is via the pc consultation. but of course, when, when based lounge the up and they started bound binding done against the weedy after that when, really after we talk to grow and filter but still lower. finally, caesar negotiated settlement. ok. i want to ask you because, you know, there are so many claims coming from both sides. but the taliban has been accused and is being accused of attacking urban areas and in doing so knowingly killing civilians. in fact, it's been accused of war crimes in spin bolduc with the massacring of civilians. then spin ball the bid was claimed from the other side. then we invited the freelance journalist m journalists from other media outlets. when they come, they came here and mr. gated and found nothing on viet returns. the governor is

rather detained by the carbon in the in india is why they were preventing didn't relate to come to spin. but that because that, that claims were empty and they didn't want the world know about the facts and they were asked the of the claim. so all these other fact and they have collected, we do is from the past years from asia and they are using it against us as a professor. the staff lot of can be warned by professors that have the order serious and it has all the up on issue the should to form cause. busy a shall not, they should not say we have plenty here. and again, we do not talk about that. they do not say we have the public,

we will are not going to talk about we will not attack about the constitution then what they are talking. ok, this is be fed. so you refuting these allegations of war crimes and spin bolduc. i just want to make that very clear. before we move on, what do you make, or how can you respond to the fact that more than a 1000 civilians have been killed during this offensive? you want a pathway to peace, you say a negotiated settlement, but people are being killed. people who are not involved in this fight. why do i know a be out of band being the less that god? why did a bad being called to see why they are a bit above been shut around right now? they know that they could not when the war by, by killing civilians by binding clinics, hospitals the high school. so, and they have a fee that is that, that this is only taking

a range of the common people. so i think they have only prepared going back and live in baseless claims, and that is what they are green for the last 20 years. ok should be a serious and come to the table and city if you talk about peaceful settlement of double issue is this fighting though, bringing the country closer to piece of further away i'll, i think the polk us on the military, the strategy and military are going to always initiated by a quarter and it was announced that the highly will the have the of the company ministration. he announced a day the military spent the money to really to what asian part of the country pretty and the 3 months and 6 months. so then we would have a reaction,

but that is not our option. it is not our policy or policies peaceful solution of the money issue. ok, i want to ask you about where the taliban is getting its its money, it supplies its weapons from. we know that the spin bowl dr. border, the taliban, his as close that border crossing, which we believe was a key source of revenue. so where are they getting support from we are getting a support from our people. our people, our mean support. we are living among our people. we are getting financial support . we are getting recruitment from them. so we have a hold on a piper from $1.00 to $3.00. this is a fact that he was not with us. how would we fight for 54 countries of the work?

all right, we have to leave it there. thank you for your time. so have schon shaheen, rather international media spokesperson for the 10 of them? thank you. thank morehead on the news all including there is finally some relief for emergency crews battling wall 5 in turkey. and joe will have the best of the action from the final days, metals at the tokyo olympics, that's coming up in a hundreds of crews and are battling 4 major wildfires across greece. and what the prime minister is calling and nightmarish summer people have been evacuated from the 2nd largest island of via the fives, have cut across the island from coast to coast. thousands more have fled, other regions, just north of athens. and the city itself is under threat. i love my,

i love my, my play my best the nothing will do this change. i am really angry. most people here. disaster, you can drive it to the villages or destroyed nothing. lar, from my home properties and nothing, nothing, nothing. and we were all alone, 3 days now where nobody, no one, people need to check the last the home. so they need to have the government has to do the same. bas ravi join us now live from northern athens zane. so a devastating situation there on the island of via but there are several blazes burning across the country. what's the latest? that's exactly right. kim, at the beginning of the week,

a senior official described this not as an impact of climate change, but he called it the result of what he described as climate threat. and since then it's been an incredibly challenging week for greece. we've seen wildfires devastated vast tracts of land across the country, destroying homes and properties and livelihoods. we've seen the fires, devastating, not just vast tracts of land to the north of athens, with fires continued to rage. as you described on the island of area as well as the peloponnesian and fire rescue crews have been stressed incredibly then we've been following several clue cruise here in the attic, a base and north of athens. here's our report. the to know where the fires are and where they are going. greet look to the sky in a worrying sign. helicopters have been getting closer to major towns and cities on the ground. this is what the business of fighting fires looks like. holding back,

the inevitability of mother nature's fury is dangerous and exhausting work right now. it's an endless and uphill fight. one that has already taken its 1st life. a firefight. anthony tucker on us was there when the 38 year old volunteer suffered a head injury. he says they tried but could not save him struggling to recall the incident. and to give me whatever it is that is a difficult thought. if it runs out of fuel the fuel in the woods, the house is everything around. can you describe how you're feeling right now? i know it's emotional and i'm so sorry for your see so much distraction if that's something to help you by you trying to work with me in say,

i'm sorry. there are too many fires and to few firefighters spontaneous uncoordinated efforts like this one are trying to make sure rescue cruise as well as civilian volunteers on the front line. have plenty of food, water, and 1st aid when they need it. despite these efforts, though, smoke clouds seem to have become a permanent fixture in the skies over the attic. and it's because of seems like this homes all over the area have been burning for days. several areas along the base of the pardon, if the mountains are still on fire. hello, if you can hear me north of athens, they're doing the best job. they can. we've seen one water tank to team as well as far fighters put out a bush fire and a house fire just over in that direction. but when 2nd to that far been put out, this one has just a rapid and become much bigger. and if you can see by the train trucks, the fires climbing up the hill just behind us,

the hope is the fire will stop when it runs out of fuel. but for the moment, the fuel is everything inside. the fire moves fast and fills the air with smoke quickly. many forced to run for their lives, had to leave friends behind. all the gotten going to be, you know, there's not patients i'm here with my daughter. were just trying to help animals that are in need from the fire. we found so many so far, better yet. i came here after watching what was happening on television, and i couldn't just sit back and do nothing. in the face of the fires greeks, we spoke to said right now, every life is precious. now, one woman we spoke to described, it is feeling like her country was under attack from every direction. and we're seeing under dramatic circumstances, thousands of people being displaced from their communities, from their homes and seems like this are everywhere. definitely here in the north

of athens, but also repeated in numerous locations died in the country. now if you look around, you'll see this is the town of very bobby, it is one of the most acutely affected places, if not the most acutely affected town in north of athens and there's entire areas completely charred and entire destruction by these wildfires. a police are not allowing residents back in there was a reprieve for awhile where people could come and check on their homes and their businesses. but that's all come to a close now because of what you see in front of me. large forested areas completely blackened by the fire. these trees are still standing, but police told us the big problem now is the, the threat from tree fall. a lot of the branches have been coming down, but large trees are still posing a threat to many of the residents in this area. so what the police have been telling us now is that these forests now pose

a threat to residents that might be returning to these areas. the prime minister greece is prime minister, has promised to replant every tree that's been affected by the wildfire to rehabilitate every forest. that's gone through something like this, but we're talking about rehabilitating vast areas of land all over the country. and environmental groups are now criticizing politicians across the political spectrum for speaking wonderful words now for a lot of political rhetoric now during the height of a crisis. but not doing enough ahead of time, not doing enough when they had the chance to legislate good environmental policy and try to keep an extreme climate event like this from being so severe and happening in the 1st place. they invest ravi therefore, just outside of athens. thank heavy rain has brought some really for emergency crews battling wildfires and neighboring turkey, the burning tree aust,

areas of forest across the southern region for 12 days. tens of thousands of people have fled their homes. more than 200 fires have now been brought under control. so sir, joins us now live from meet us resort. so does that mean the situation is east somewhat wild so far? there have been 3. i'm the 30 a why fi report? this is the beginning of the wildfires and 221 of them are brought under the control. and while 7 others are still burning. so the good news was that the, the rain, the long wait, the rain on friday has finally arrived yesterday and, and continue to do all day and night. dorothy said that all the fires in the province, which was one of the worst hit, the provinces of turkey are now browed, under the control of their complete the extreme.