i think charlotte bellis is with us in charlotte. let me just bring you up to speed with a line that's dropped here. forwarding to reuters, quoting the afghan president's office saying they've been firing at several points around. cobble that security forces. have the situation under control. do we know anything about this firing one who is firing and that who well, we did hear gunfire earlier this morning. there was heavy machine gun fire in central cobble that was actually attributed to chaos at a bank because people have been running on banks and it stopped them right before we came on, which would be about 20 minutes ago. now. it was actually heavy gunfire towards the direction of the airport that lasted a probably about 5 minutes. and then it is calm down. since i have to say this is why we just got a statement from the taliban. i've just had it translated in it. the leadership said, we want everybody to be calm, we have no intention of fighting. they say that they are trying to avoid casualties and that they are still in negoti

i'll just the or english journalist charlotte bellis, and very much welcoming the contributions and the questions from international news agencies actively asking for more questions from international news agencies. in stark contrast, you could argue with the president of the united states who, when he delivered his statement slammed to the book, shut, take no questions and walked out of the room. so let's break dying. what was we learn from that? press conference with our corresponds in, in kabul. what mcbride's he showing says, no life what, what did you make of that press conference? i think it was what we were expecting. we were anticipating that this is going to be a different sort of a taliban administration. it really has to be, i mean, such a star memories, very bad memories of what happened 20 years ago. it has to be completely different to that. so they really have to set the tone from the very beginning. and i think that's what he was aiming for. to show the softer side of the taliban if they feel like this is a more inclusive, more sensitive, more respectful of the rights of

charlotte bellis has more from call. the problem is that with so many people the taliban are overwhelmed. in fact, they're just close down the airport road and therefore checkpoints, either size trying to figure out who is, has a valid reason to enter and can actually get on these flights with the americans and other nations or who was just trying to lock. and they had run into issues because the last couple of days they've been trying to push people back by shooting and there was images of them were thing people, i was down there know quite forceful with people who are trying to push them back and they were getting a lot of critique for that, obviously because people were really skid 18 people are now known to have died following an attack on a military convoy and became faso on wednesday, govern government killed both civilians and security forces and in an attack in neighboring molly at least 15 soldiers have been killed. a column exploded as the convoy drove towards the town of bony, earlier this month. more than 50

provides access to mineral rich northern regions and the capital cove, or some 300 kilometers away. charlotte bellis reports to another rising on what would become a store day in a canister? first, the telephone into condos. one of the country's biggest cities and a gateway to the north. i just don't want to beyond group talk briefly in 20152016 before us special forces pushed in spite is out. now america cannot stand in the way 3 by street, the television to do that. and when the said he so, so did the entire province kept it the main square. it's 2 pm on sunday and the whole area is in our hands. the government is doing close propaganda, saying it hasn't fallen, but you can see our flag. the gun air force responded with is strikes which lead to fires and the central market special forces announced they launched an operation to reclaim the city. been the taliban took sorrowful, also in the ease the telephone fighters entering the city's police headquarters. a few hours later attention turned to telecom. the provincial capital of to haul in the northeast afghan security forces had repelled their att

okay, charlotte bellis. deborah is the very latest from campbell. charlotte. thank you. well, that warning of an imminent attack comes after the pentagon said it targets as members of isolated wing in a canister in a drone strike on friday. destroy can and car province was in response to the campbell airport attack on thursday. gabriel allison's reports for washington. d. c . fridays. drone strike big killed 2 ice. okay. members and wounded another was the 1st retaliatory strike against the group. but according to president joe biden, it won't be the last. it's unclear if those killed had a direct roll and thursdays airport attack the killed over a $150.00 afghans and over a dozen us military personnel. the pentagon won't release the names of the ice or k members. they killed only thing they were planning future attacks. i am not going to talk about specific capabilities isis may of last and in district. they lost a planner and they lost a facilitator and they've got one wanted and the fact that 2 of these individuals are no longer walking on the face of the earth. that'

groups birthplace. elsewhere in the south telephone fights, as also took control of laska gar charlotte bellis reports from cobble. just in the last few hours, the taliban say that they have claimed wholly alarm, which is the provincial capital of logo, which is just south of cobbler. they say that they have control of the city and that the governor and his immediate staff have joined the movement. they do add, however, that there is some heavy fighting still in the city with special forces, but they say they have claimed it. we cannot independently verify that the reason is we spoke to see if there has been very heavy fighting there this morning. now it is quite interesting because this governor that has, if it is true, that he has switched, he would not be the 1st. there have been many reports of governors doing deals with the taliban in order to get safe passage and main. essentially, the cities fooling without a fight that happened just yesterday. you got me where we heard that the taliban and the governor had done a deal. and then he was seen to be a school by the taliban. a through talib

i'll just leave charlotte bellis he joins as on the phone at charlotte. you're at the airport. just give us a sense of what the situation is like right now. why? where about 500 meters from the north gate, which is where everybody's been off still has been the last few days been asked to go to thousands and thousands of people trying to get through the gate and shot that we have western security. she's looking them from, from the same line, but there's really no movement. it is incredibly hot down here the, the hydrogen which, where we've moved down to where the normal that's being controlled by special t, a funded unit. used to come under the intelligence school. they have been shooting in pair gun shop to the crowds and they are essentially controlled in this area between the gate that is shot and the taliban. and get to this area. we had 3 tele bombs, which i had to give you a little bit of appreciation of really how hard it is. if you have a us citizenship, what any type of waste in the back to leave it back to when you get through. this is charlotte were all for hearing re

and working with us forces to topple the taliban in 2001 live now to couple on my colleague charlotte bellis. so charlotte drawing towards the end of another day and clearly the taliban still have the strategic advantage here . another 2 provincial capitals today, poly alone provincial capital of logo is just to the self of, of carbo about an hour drive from cobble, but 65 kilometers. so now they are knocking right on the door of cargo. the taliban say that the governor actually joined them. how we understand it is that they seen hundreds of fighters into the city and this actually, his compound was stormed and he was forced to surrender. it is significant because it is gone, is harm province and also because it is just so close to the cap. he now it is not the only place that fall today collapse, which is the provincial capital, a volleyball that just in the last few hours. we've seen video of be vaudeville governor being escorted by the taliban out of town. very shortly after that, the taliban took over and claimed it as the 18th provincial capital. to put this into context for you, there'

it's not a bond, says it's also taken the nearby city of color on and sort of fall. charlotte bellis reports from cobble soon rising. and what would become a historic day in afghan ostomy? first, the telephone into condos. one of the country's biggest cities and a gateway to the north. i just don't want to. beyond group took that briefly in 20152016 before us special forces pushed spices out. now america cannot stand in the way 3 by street. the taliban took condos back and when the said he fell, so did the entire province. we have captured the main square, it's 2 pm on sunday and the whole area is in our hands. the government is doing false propaganda, saying it hasn't fallen, but you can see our flags. the scanner force responded with is strikes which lead to fires in the central market. special forces announced they launched in operation to reclaim the city. the been the taliban took sorrowful, also in the ease the telephone fighters entering the city's police headquarters. a few hours later, attention turned to telecom, the provincial capital of to ha. in the northeast afghan secu

in september. charlotte bellis al jazeera kabul fell ahead on ag 0. battling down the hatches, powerful storms, thoughts lashing the ne in united states will have a live up in a hello there. let's look at the weather across the middle east and levant, and it's hot. it's dry and it is pretty quiet temperatures all where we expect them to be for much of the region apart from oman. we are seeing the temperature down slightly in moscow. that's thanks to southern winds that a kicking in over the next 2 days. but it will pick up from wednesday for the wet weather, we have to move to western areas of yemen within showers, with the odd storm. and those join up with heavy funder storms across that central belt of africa. and this was the scene in, in north eastern areas of the democratic republic of congo. cuba province saw those torrential rains lead to flash flooding. and some of those floods edged into the border of uganda. we could see more of those floods, but in the west as the rain for heavily here come tuesday. now for southern areas of africa, much of the wet weather has eased on that e

the war may be over in afghanistan, the healing will take a long time. charlotte bellis? osha's era? cobble? the former president of afghanistan ref ghani is now in the united arab emirates. there had been confusion about his whereabouts since he left the country on sunday . he says he's been taken in with his family on humanitarian grounds. he is expected to speak to the people of afghanistan via his facebook page. in the next few minutes will carry that life for you here on our to 0. now while the taliban had taken charge of the country was still waiting to hear the makeup of any future government. the taliban says it will be inclusive on weapons. a member of the taliban political office. i'm a connie was pictured meeting national reconciliation chairman abdullah, abdullah and the former president hammock cause i didn't cobble the counterbalance co founder and political chief has returned to afghanistan. abdul ghani brodder arrived to a crowd of supporters in kandahar the birthplace of the taliban, brought to lead the groups negotiators and talks with the us and the afg

or it would seem. president ghani was willing to take charlotte bellis al jazeera cobble. we're just going to bring you these live and exclusive pictures here from inside the presidential palace. once you are looking at right now, is taliban fighters in the sites? the presidential power service? so sir, these pictures exclusive on our 0 the we've been watching them for a few moments now milling around and see the lush on the wrongs of the presidential palace. i'm not sure if they're making an announcement yet, but the camera has been trailing those faces as they make their way through the holes of the african presidential palace wandering up through the building. jack, it's finery. of course this, after the african presidents fled the capital at some taking the way through the marbles holes of the presidential palace showing one of our arabic co leads to is basically showing you a quick show and tell around the presidential palace would. of course, many taliban fi suits are accompanying him with weapons flung over their arms. a very grand building, a building of course tha

in afghanistan, the healing will take a long time. charlotte bellis, osha. 0. cobble will the united nation says about a 3rd of its $300.00 strong staff will be leaving afghanistan due to the volatile situation there, despite growing cold for the un to step off its diplomatic efforts. and so i just believe or maybe a window of opportunity to influence taliban. but when that time is of the essence or diplomatic and sir james base has more, the un has had an active mission in afghanistan for over 30 years, with only a handful of embassies now operational in cobble, and the us and its allies, all of the airport handling evacuation flights the international organization is perhaps the best place to step in the taliban spokesman. viola merch ahead has promised the new government that is inclusive, but at the same time governed by law, diplomat say the us needs to try to broaden that pledge veteran mediator lacked abra. he me was the only un official to ever meet the taliban found a mullah, omar. he led the bon process in 2001 that chose hammered cause i enter him president, that he told m

the war may be over in afghanistan, the healing will take a long time. charlotte bellis. osha. 0. cobble rescue is an earthquake, had hates a year, colon for urgent supplies. survivors and saturdays. quick have been angered. find the slow pace of a deference many have resorted to waiting at the airport to turn on food and aid from arriving aircraft. the official vessel has risen. 2189 for minister is promising not to repeat a history of mismanaging and mismanagement and coordinate reference to the calles that full of the devastating 2010 earthquake before andre al tindall is with the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies, he says people in haiti are in dire need of assistance. the main priority is definitely to bring this report that the nation, the people need, they are. so obviously it's health care is one of the main priority, but also the need to ensure that we provide safe shelters. they food water for carrying the further operation. we also need to ensure that we have a good actress mentioned and today having the right information and woo is affected, rem

afghanistan. 2 republicans, 2 democrats, i would not and will not pass this war onto a 5th. charlotte bellis is in the african capital kabul now has this report on what president shavani had to say. and developments earlier on in the day over the telephone celebrating its steam rolling of the scanner stone. 7 this is a prison break in the province of petticoat, the telephone, who controlled the capital shiranda on saturday. it was the 19th provincial capital to fall to the group in 8 days. in places it holds fighters of flaunting their control from touring, a helicopter hanger and western herat province to hosting the flag in kandahar city . i top a gauge that leads to the governors compound in cobble. the us started the evacuation of its embassy. only mission critical staff will remain. $3000.00 us troops flying in to support the draw down. one kilometer away in the presidential palace and shift ghani, addressed the nation. that holly can meet the castle. why? i know you are worried, i assure you as your president, you know, my focus is to prevent further instability, violence, and displace

to protect civilians and says the intense fighting could trigger a new humanitarian crisis. charlotte bellis is more now from couple. the taliban have claimed responsibility for this attack. outside the defense ministers home in cobble it says that it was carried out by its martyrdom brigade, which is a dedicated unit under the telephone, military of training suicide bombers. it says that it deployed cars outside his home. and in multiple gunmen who tried to storm the residence, civilians were hurt and killed in this attack. and in the statement that followed from the taliban, they said this is the beginning of re tellers, hoary operations against key figures and leaders of the cargo administration. so significant escalation for beam and concerning for residents in ca, perhaps the telephone may start to do more bombings like this. and it may put their security in jeopardy by getting caught up in these type of telephone attacks. the staff in helmand and lash cargo. they really the center of fighting between the army and the taliban has been heavy for a number of days now. but today local say

or it would seem. president ghani, was willing to take charlotte bellis al jazeera cobble. as we've been here in the us and other countries in our racing to evacuate the diplomatic stuff from washington, his mike hanner on the latest on those evacuation. well, the state department spokesman that prices just denounced that all personnel have been evacuated from the embassy in couple. he says that they are now at the couple international airport and that us troops have secured the perimeter of that airport . now, earlier the state department said that the american citizens and those who worked for the americans will be evacuated over the next 48 hours a. not the 1000 troops on the way from the 2nd airborne that will increase the number of us troops around that airport to some 6000. now, in addition to that, there's also some full 1000 troops who are now stationed in kuwait. as a quick reaction force should more reinforcements be needed to conduct the evacuation state. department says, as well is that american citizens who have been living in couple will be evacuated as long w

the war may be over in afghanistan, the healing will take a long time. charlotte bellis, osha. 0. cobble. well, of the taliban has made repeated pledges to respect african women's rights, but many are skeptical. on tuesday, the group said women's freedoms would be respected under its interpretation of islamic law. the taliban period empower more than 2 decades ago. so women shot out of public life and briefly punished for breaking rules many now fear a return to the past. i think it's just the farm all. i don't know. they're trying to foolish. they're trying to confirm and to modernity. but i think i personally think that it's just something that they're trying to fool as we had and i don't trust them. most thing with that story fatah galani is the chair person . we ask aniston's women's council. she says the taliban should explain how it intends to govern. i am not outreach from the college, but i want from the time of on to beat him soon as possible. she could piece to call the war in a thought for the african woman is very, very important to stop the war in killing is she could be and

there is got to correspondence in cobble at the moment charlotte bellis fall. this report as the day's events unfolded at the airport. the us has hosted all evacuation flights and what one us official told me has been an absolute disaster of an evacuation has been scenes of chaos accountable international airport ever since president gunning, going on a plane on sunday afternoon since then, thousands of people have overwhelmed the air force, they have overwhelmed security, and they have made their way onto the runway. they breached the tarmac and the us has been unable to secure it seems african civilians they've been chased to c 17 on the wrong way. they kind onto the wing, all the playing took off in another video, see what appears to be a person falling from a playing. now the americans have been using a couple of apache helicopters to clear the wrong way to try make space to their planes. but they have decided to hold these evacuation slides. well, they tried to get the situation under control. they are using us running through the departure term. and we kn

the people who home charlotte bellis, our jazeera, cobble israel on. don't defense system hasn't inserted. 10 rockets, fire from southern lebanon. the siren sounded in northern israel and the occupying golden heights after they were fired. as bala has claimed responsibilities. israel is responded with artillery strikes in southern lebanon. hold up, the media is in kitty at ramona in northern is ron has more on how that country is handling the escalation. what we're hearing really from the israeli leadership is the usual rational reg is reserved. it's right to respond whenever he's fit. but we also do know that defense minister benny gas did have a phone conversation with prime minister enough tele bennett. he then also had a meeting with his chief of staff and other top people from the military. now you do get read an impression that there is no desire to escalate this situation. make no mistake. israel is obviously making its preparation militarily here in the north of the country. but there is a realization that this border needs to stay calm, becaus

they tried to leave the country, including taliban roadblocks, and problems with paperwork. charlotte bellis has a report from couple circling in front of cobb international airport. the gates are closed. the taliban with a common did un weapons and vehicles run security. no one can get through. even filming on the street is not allowed. the taliban has dispersed crowds of people. they know wait for the down airport road. this is my father certificate. it's there . we meet is toya. his father worked as a god for to us contractors. your father is hi. hi, i didn't i, he comes here every day to plead his father's case for evacuation. and i don't want to go out on the gate. i am scared but what can i do? the taliban run after us. they chase and they beat us and i saw women under people's feet in a stamp and i saw a dead body taken from the airport and put in a car and then we have no other option when i don't know what the, the telephone is in charge of securing the airport and protecting us forces and evacuation from being overrun, they are forceful in their crowd control, relying on gunfire an

so in the chaos, campbell airports charlotte bellis reports. the us has halted all evacuation flights. and what one us official told me has been an absolute disaster of an evacuation. it has been seen of chaos, accountable international airport ever since president gone and gone on a plane on sunday afternoon since been thousands of people have overwhelmed the they have overwhelmed security and they have made the way onto the runway. they breached the tarmac and the us has been unable to secure it. seems african civilians even chase to see 17 on the wrong way. they kind on to the wing, the, all the plane took off in another video. see what appears to be a person falling from a playing. now the americans have been using a couple of apache helicopters to clear the wrong way to try make space for their planes. but they have decided to hold these evacuation flights. well, they try to get the situation under control. they are using us running through the departure term and over about $6000.00 us troops. that's more truth from america that have been

world temporarily hosting evacuees while permanent resettlement plans are horribly put together. charlotte bellis joins us live now from cobble. charlotte, let's talk about barracuda. in the 1st instance, what does he bring to the table? well, he's the co founder. he's the political she's. he's been in durham for the last couple of years and now he's been brought to kind of high initially. and now just arriving in cobb with the high level delegation, we understand that he is consulting about what the new government will look like and who will be in it. consulting with religious scholars, the tele bond commanders also with former government leaders. and we know the taliban had been reaching out to former government leaders enough to connie who's in the political commission. he also came from har and he's also been meeting with people like former c o dealer of de la former president. holman, cause i so they say that they want and inclusive government and at least but now they are showing that they are trying to integrate some of these personalities into a taliban made government going forward. i ac

e to rein even uganda and colombia. charlotte, thank you so much. charlotte bellis. they're reporting live this out from cobble. well, an american i base in germany is being used as a temporary transit point for african evacuees. hundreds of them arrived at the ramstein airbase from capital moore. plains are expected of the next few days as the base of the capacity to have up to 5000 people. germany has also been sending its own planes to evacuate people stuck in afghanistan. about 13 countries have agreed to temporarily host afghan asylum seekers. columbia is one of them on friday, the president even to case that africans waiting for permits to resettle in the us would be allowed in columbia. that means they won't group whereby uses columbia is also joining the group of allied countries that will also support to the united states for those of con nations who have some of the united states for years. and who are in the process of registering and migrate into that country so that they can stay in columbia temporarily. united states will not only cover or detention cos

of charlotte bellis is live for us in a cobble with the latest on all of those developments. charlotte whoa, of talked about half a dozen residents in herat to try to confirm this. they are all saying the same thing. they say they are taliban all over the streets, that they and all the government facilities that they don't see any government security forces and that harass, has fallen, the telephone. it is the 3rd biggest city in afghanistan. it is a major scout for the group to get it is the biggest city in the west, and it is a huge loss for the government to lose control of the city. local journalists saying to us that beyond just seeing taliban on the street with a gun fire, they can hear they say something. celebration re gun fire, that they can't see any clashes ongoing. they say the telephone broke into the prison. afraid all the prisoners, one man saying to us, i know this because some of my own relatives were in the prison and they and now in my house, there is videos circulating online, showing the telephone, right in the heart of the city, living prisoners out and, and they

now, charlotte bellis is joining us live from cobble with some late breaking news out of their charlotte. what are you hearing? well the taliban have just tweeted in the last 10 minutes saying that they have taken the city of herat and her off the 3rd biggest city in afghanistan. this is a huge development if it is proven to be true at the moment, residents are just telling us that the telephone are in the heart of her off. but we cannot confirm with the government officials. i just got off the phone with the ministry interior. they said give us some time as we are trying to confirm whether this is true or not also, but the telephone and the tweet thing. we have taken the police headquarters, we have taken the prison. we have taken the governor's compound and soldiers are surrendering to us. now i have seen videos in the last half hour, the report to show these things. you see people gathering outside the prison. you see them in police vehicles that they've taken over. common dears, driving around the center of town outside the citadel in the heart of herat. so this is incredibly signifi

the taliban has captured another provincial capital. shadonna . charlotte bellis has more on mr. gun. his address from cobbled the speech was somewhat underwhelming. there was a lot of talk here this morning that this was going to be a resignation speech that he was under a lot of pressure. and that he was addressing the public in order to explain what he was going to do next to that did not happen. it was more speech of reassurance. he said to his people, i know you are worried, we are doing everything we can to look after you. he thanked security forces, you said way prioritizing the coordination of security forces and he said, i will do everything in my power to stop. so the blood shoot, the big question is, what does he intend to do to stop this further bloodshed? he did mention that he is in consultation with local and international policies. and those negotiations are ongoing about what the future will look like. and we understand his future as president is very much in play as part of the bed. the taliban refused to negotiate with him at the home that has been their position th

leaders are in talks with their commanders. former governor figures and religious scholars. charlotte bellis reports from campbell from the united states called him a global terrorist, and off is a $5000000.00 reward for his capture. yet, one week after the telephone took control her little man, had connie moves freely around kabul. the taliban laid his schedule is full of meetings with afghan leaders that were going to collect every group and political groups, all the groups and unite them and work together to build a better afghanistan and defend the senior taliban leaders have spent the week in negotiations. they say they won't and inclusive government. hello. hey, connie is a leader and connie network and remain on terra watch lists and under you in sanctions. but now you're in cobbled after one week. he's acting as a diplomat. connie even slipped at the home of hash met ghani, brother of the former president ushers. connie accepted the government but very frankly, i've been telling them over and over and they do understand they know how to bring security. they are lacking totally when i

as the taliban come closer to cobble charlotte bellis the inside story. ah. okay, let's bring in, i guess. joining us from cobble chicago, a member of, i've got a sounds, national parliaments and chair woman of the parliamentary women caucus. and it's tumble how to me, assistant professor of lor at the american university. all i've gone on from london, said nick k, former u. k. a basket or 2 of us, tom, a very more welcome to you, or i'd like to start with you or he meet. what's your sense of what's happening in the country where all of this is heading is not headed toward a good place. the people i talked to underground the all express despair, all the younger generation, the generation that was a product last 20 years of investment. i didn't feel like they have a place, enough honest on anymore. and everyone is looking for a way to leave those who can do leave. these are not people who are used to western values or these are not people want to live like american european peoples i've left to to caught up on war. and these are ordinary app on some of them, v

will charlotte bellis reports now? from campbell? the roar of j. t engines and the cries, the vacuum. we've gone. the united states biggest humanitarian air lift is finished . foreign forces have left and the taliban is surveying territory. it hasn't howled into dick today without any doubt was the day of f janice, dan's independence when we don't see a single foreign soldier and whoever invaded this country without permission, we got rid of them. and this was a proud historical moment for us, but the celebration return fell flash cobble international when we drove from the civilian to the military side of the airport. we are very sad, believe me, after we saw the situation, we're hurt. this is where the americans vacated from last night. you can still see their planes. equipment helicopters here. the telephone was us here and last night they moved was one of joy celebration they were shooting in the sky. there were, there were fireworks. they were very happy that the americans had left. then they saw what was left behind disabled planes and helico

the war may be over in afghanistan, the healing will take a long time. charlotte bellis, osha. 0. cobble with united nation says about a 100 members if its international staff will be leaving. gonna start due to the volatile situation, their official se, the move is temporary and that the situation will continue to be monitored. the you and also says it's received reports of human rights abuses against women. despite the taliban pledge to safeguard them. we've been told that in some areas, women are not allowed to go to work. and this is a real problem because women are had some whole tools in some areas and they have to work to take care of their families. in some areas it's been reported that women are not allowed to move without a male family member. the british prime minister boars johnson says the new k will do all it can to avert a humanitarian crisis. and i've gone on by critics, including the opposition, say he's already falling short with the home office restricting the number of afghans allowed in. there were protests outside parliament as angry. m. p. 's inside reckoned with t

but 1st, this report from charlotte bellis, who is in the capital president ghani, has the address the nation and a pre recorded address from the presidential palace in this address. he said that he was looking out for his people that he wished security as well, that they needed to see improvement and coordination of the security forces. and he wanted any bloodshed to stop. the big question is, how does he stop the blood shoot? and then the speech, he said that they were consultations ongoing with local and international partners . we understand that some of those negotiations do involve his own future. whether or not he will be able to stay on as president for negotiations with the taliban to continue and some type of political settlement to be reached. the telephone certainly has an under a lot of pressure. they had a leader from wisner going to son is male hum was very anti taliban. but when herat fell just a couple of days ago, he surrendered to the taliban and they have seen him to cobble with a message to try to convince other government leaders to step away from gandhi, enjoying

and every day, with every loss that leverage weakens. charlotte bellis al jazeera water. afghanistan. robber bride has the latest from cobble this ever changing map of who controls what in afghanistan. really not looking good for the government after. what's been another very heavy day of fighting? you know, more than 25 years ago when the taliban 1st emerged largely from the south of the country, it found resistance to it in the north. what eventually became known as the northern alliance. well, you know, we seem with this latest resurgence that resistance simply being swept away with the gains of these territories and provincial cities really leaving only bizarre sharif ms. ari sharif is the only the city holding out against the taliban in the north. another city can do which is very important in the north bell to the taliban at the weekend. and now we know that the airport, which had been holding out to conduce that is also full. and their reports are very heavy fighting around conduce. and that is significant because given its importance, the government has promised a will. we tak

every week charlotte bellis. there are 5 of continue to bed on the greek island of area throughout the night and smoke because the air in some parts of the region and breathable. same bas robbie has more from f u on the a. g in coastline. the pesky was a quiet seaside town at the northernmost point of area now of vital part of the fire fighting operations on the island. helicopters, fly in low refill their water bays and head back to the fires. any other year, these beaches would be packed with tourists. now the boardwalk is deserted because the hills are on fire. the terrain on area is uneven. the forest dense roads wind through valleys between towns and villages where smoke has made visibility so poor . much of it is to unsafe for aircraft to go and ground crews find themselves in a seemingly endless race against time. and my social, this was a, we're trying to save. what can be say that was that's what we're doing, nothing more 3 months. this is our life, this is our home. we're trying to save it. unfortunatel

come from the international airport where they were shot, trying to reach the departures area. charlotte bellis visited a hospital in cobble where some patients, including children, are being treated this 10 year old from the scanner stones eastern province of talk to you was shot on saturday. it took his family hours to reach emergency hospital and central cobble by been, he was in bad shape. this is the 1st intensive care unit in afghanistan, doctor say they witnessed a surgeon patients after the telephone took over cobble on sunday. they said most were the victims of armed clashes, criminals and chaos at the airport. politic situation that unfortunately causes many, many of the people by bullets by phone. so 2 days the hospital was slowing. they added extra beds. all admissions were from gunshot wounds. the hospital says it has received about 20 patients from cobble international airport since monday for have died and the rest of being treated for gunshot wounds after the taliban and us forces tried to disperse, crowns that breach the perimeter. be the chief, the patient from around bug off

we don't know what is going on. charlotte bellis is in the capital capital with more. and now the 2 provincial capitals today poly alum provincial capital of logo is just to the self of of carbo about an hour drive from cobble, but 65 kilometers. so now they are knocking right on the door of cobbled the telephone, say that the governor actually joined them. how we understand it is that they see hundreds of spices into the city. and this actually, his compound was stormed and he was forced to surrender. it is significant because it has gone is harm province and also because it is just so close to the cafeteria . now, it is not the only place that cloud today collapsed, which is the proven to capital valvo that just in the last few hours, we've seen video of the vaudeville governor being escorted by the telephone out of town. very shortly after that, the taliban took over and claimed it as the 18th provincial capital. to put this into context for years is only 34 provinces in the country. so they now have control of more than half the provincial capitals. they hadn't had

government says it's regaining control when sending reinforcements including special forces. charlotte bellis out there a cobble? ah. this is al jazeera. these are the top stories turkeys presidents, promising assistance to areas affected by the worst wildfires in recent years. 6 people have been killed, most fires have not been contained heat waves affecting areas across the mediterranean and the a g and heritage shot at t. m a. we are considering the possibility of sabotage and any other source of the fire starting and we will carry out the investigation to provide answers to these. we will not give up until we have all the answers. russell set up as more now from men of got in and tell you province it feels far away from being.

airport, which saw afghan forces as well. us and german troops take on an identified gunman . charlotte bellis has moved from campbell. people that cobble airports going nowhere to go beyond the gauge of plains that us president biden promised would take them away, but it shops, so they giosel from position the criteria who is most recent by the telephone from one another. so my mother has been in some idea port for the last 6 days, but the rest of our family is still kind of side because of all the people at the gate, knock them out of them. this is the north gateway. most people are asked to enter through, but in recent days it has been closed because of what the us says is security threats from iso. but for most people here, the biggest threat is a stampede. is dehydration and gunfire pulled and 20 people have been killed in the last week in and around the port again, if i'm living here with my children right now, i'm scared of the crowd and all the gunfire. there's no information the us shouldn't have announced anything if they weren't able to take people out on the road to the north gate.

first, this report from charlotte, bellis, and couple. after years in the shadows, the taliban spokesman's face was finally revealed. hulu. much ahead fronting for the 1st telephone press conference in 20 years. and 7000 us forces scrambled to evacuate americans on military plains. the taliban coded and historic movement. as the club has been taken to freedom is the right of all nations. the outcome people by using their legal rights after 20 years of war were able to take the freedom to clean the country, or the patient occupiers. while the group could not reveal who leave the country much ahead, sid talk the ongoing for an inclusive political system. and promised all afghans rights will be respected. there's a lot of concern about whether women will be allowed to work. that girls can still go to school. what assurances can you give to women and girls that their rights will be protected without his stomach, m. red is committed to the right of women within the framework of sharia, or we may have the same rights that going to be working sh

he is more from cobble with charlotte bellis.