the push into helman province. not really chunky was us doing. this is a square inside the city and we just captured, it says this tele bond fighter. the video was recorded unless cargo the capital at home and problem the canada and pushed into lunch on today. people have reported seeing tele bonsai who's in the city center and entering people flesh because main hospital emergency food communications frequently being cut off with mobile phone videos offering a real insight into what is happening in the city of 200000 people. the afghan government has responded by deploying the most leaked of its special forces. it's also conducting air strikes alongside us forces. i like this audio was lead to the commanding general of the regional army cool. encourage his men to keep fighting all our friends, our colleagues should stay on the checkpoints. if any bad person tries to enter the city, we have commanded there and they will respond. there are strikes on going by the americans and by our opposed to don't worry. but there is growing concerned about civi

we have an exclusive report from part of helman province. that's now under taliban control. and here the reaction with people living there. ah, hello, i'm how am i have been? this is out to see about life and go home. also coming up the battle continues against phones in greece. you buy one of the worst heat waves in decades, forcing sizes from their homes. and so in cases of the corona virus in the united states, petite division remains of a mosque wearing in schools. and a lifelong affair accident. leno massey leave the bone saloon or the club he joined as a boy, as it counts afford to keep him ah . a relentless and rapid offensive mind. the taliban is overwhelming afghan forces with the owners groups now claiming control of a 5th provincial capital in just 3 days. there advancing across northern provinces and say they've taken telecom and sorry pole, but by far the most significant gain as the northern city of conduce charlotte bellis reports. now from couple another rising will become a store day in africa. stone. first the telephone into condos. one of the country's big

all this is fighting has intensified and last car, god and helman province, where the army has asked civilians to leave the city. we'll get an update with our diplomatic editor james base who's joining us from capital to 1st discuss the situation in the capital where you are, there were the explosions and then a claim of responsibility by the taliban. and i think not significant. this was the biggest loss to take place in the african capital for almost 4 months. the taliban said they did it. but also i think most importantly the taliban said that this was part of a new campaign that they were going to undertake in the african capital targeting high level afghan officials. this particular balm did not do what the tell about how the hopes, i think because it was targeted near the home of africa, defense minister, and he was not there at the time, and he was uninjured, but it did kill 8 people and it shows, i think that taliban prepared to use unconventional warfare here in cobble while in other parts of the country, they using more conventional fighting. they're not trying to to conque

and fighting continues there in kandahar itself and also a neighboring helman province. in alaska, god, the city is still being heavily contested with fighting in and around the police headquarters. that's where a wednesday that was a, an attempt to car bomb attack, hung be apparently packed full of explosive. that was intercepted destination with a number of casualties. meanwhile, to the west of afghanistan, that has been resumed fighting around head us, that that is the government stronghold to the west of the country. but there is, while reports of by through that the government he had said it's bought off a tax by the taliban using traditional forces, but also the so called uprising forces. these are the militia res, specifically to try to fight off the talent which they said they have done. but now, but increasingly, the map of afghanistan is looking like the afghan archipelago, a series of isolated for to get $4550.00 urban areas still very much in government control, but increasingly isolated from each other. a rob, we see that the gun president has gone to the no

the taliban. government troops are set to launch a big operation on the arm group in the capital of helman province, which is home to about 200000 people. the un says at least 40 people have been killed in the past 24 hours in some of the heaviest fighting in the center of the city. the afghan government has deployed its elite special forces and is carrying out air strikes alongside us forces that they have a message to the honorable people of laska listen, brothers and sisters. we will be fighting. please evacuate your families from all those houses where taliban are even in the neighbourhood, when it will be very hard fighting. we will not leave the taliban alive at any cost . i know it will be very hard for you and it was also a hard decision for me to. i don't want to hurt my people, but i'm fighting for my people. i fight for the brothers and sisters of my homeland and for your future. please forgive us if you get to the place and please evacuate as soon as possible from all those areas where the taliban will come. we will be targeting all of those areas. are the fanatic editor james

you know, my cousin fought in helman. i fought in gosny yesterday. the prove thans we're talking about is as close to kabul as baltimore is to washington, d.c. to give your viewers some perspective. the first is no one is going to trust us again. if you kaur about americans coming home in future wars, the only reason i'm suting here talking to you is because my afghan interpreter killed two people in a bat who will are about to kill me. he was standing next to me because he believed that americans were honorable people that kept their word. the second reason why we should care and this is exactly andrea's point is it's on social media. i post you had it on twitter for the world to see. there is video of the taliban going home to home stealing girls to be forcibly married. i'm a father of a 9-year-old. there is no other moral argument than i need than that. we shouldn't be standing by to allow this to happen. and you should note that we had 2500 soldiers in afghanistan when the biden aministration took office. six months ago we had bases everywhere. .

we have an exclusive report from part of helman providence, that's now under taliban control. and here the reaction that people live in there the.

intellectual, octopus and listless, tentacles, you know, in all branches of the government and then the helman and that's how they make them. i feel like a bunch of schoolboys fiscal year, 9992.3 trillion missing fiscal year, 2001 point, one trillion missing the pentagon is claimed year after year. that the reason that can't account for the money is because it's computers don't communicate with each other. one trillion $1.00 bill dec tie would reach nearly 68000 miles into space. one 3rd of the way to the moon, the i got a phone call from the of the i thing that i was a target of a death rick. and that's what happens when you go against the big boys who had the contract today to make those systems communicate with each other and how much have the tax payers paid for them. there are times that corporations do things they should not do, in which case they tend to be suspended for some period. there are times then the corporations can get out of the penalty box. it was never in the penalty box. if you could proceed to my 2nd question, please. the 2nd question i forgot what the 2nd question was. i

taliban country in the south of the country in kandahar province and its neighboring province of helman. because of that, this is basically become a fortress. it's very important for the government to hold onto this even though much of the rest of the provinces gradually fallen away to the taliban. the vice chairman of samsung has been released from prison in south korea after been granted parole. j y lee was serving a 2 and a half years sentence for bribery. critic said, release just reflect the culture of leniency for corporate bosses. boats being counted in zambia as presidential and parliamentary elections. president edgar longer speaking a controversial 3rd term and what is thought to be an extremely tight race sedans. former president could soon be in the hands of the international criminal court. chief prosecutors and talks with sudanese officials to hand over those wanted for atrocities. and for in the early, 2000 and rain is brooks and much needed relief to fire fighters on the greek island of evian. fire of scorch the northern half of the island, though most of them have now s

bodies of civilians and then killed the guard in an attempt to remove by witnesses. meanwhile, and helman, as i speak to you now, there's been some flash, got to go back between fall upon a fax and government yes. fights for heading for the life of the minutes and deprived of access to the basic play. also as i speak to today, i'm morning, another attack on a fun fun youth that will haunt me nepal. a government official working on communications in a man known for his voice, the humor engine dorothy was shot and brought the light and color to the hester. and the chilling reminder to all have got lloyd, as well as you're not a human by offenders about the frequency of targeted killings in the midst of the aging war. it's also brutal reminder of taller bonds, refusal to acknowledge government employees as villians, and continue to target and killed them and call the sound the heart of me and across on the, on going form of these all did it cost life and her sped wife, but para and uncertainty, taking us further away from the post both of peace and addition to the violation of the laws of co

that it took the country relatively easily, here are some pictures from the southern province of helman, where the locals are facing the aftermath of the militants. vicious offensive, with no doors or windows left in schools and hospitals. they barely able to function, and there's no sign that's going to change anytime soon. either. they, while the united nations is holding that i've got to stand faces an absolute catastrophe of hunger, homelessness, and economic collapse and less financial aid it urgently sent. here's what the un secretary general deputy special representative for the country told us it is addition, remains to be tense, needs are enormous, nearly half of the population are either half of the children or 5 orientation phase of fission, basically, or very little to nothing to eat and almost 600000 people, pleased by the dog continues to ravage the country. one of the major issues which we probably did not factor in is how much of the natural disasters the drought and the dates are contributing in the, in the driving of what is happening over the years. we have holders fo

bloodshed, you know, we want to cease fire the peace movement, the grass route, peace movement from helman. they walked barefoot from helmet all around the country, risking front lines, roadside bombs, and many more dangers. they said when the victims, enough is enough. they put a lot of pressure. so the fact that the wishes of the people, if i want it done, i've not been in a prioritized by all sides. i must say everyone has failed to have on people shows you how big this failure is. well, i have to say, but watching all those images coming through, it's been obscene devastation watching the terrible sweep. so i can't even begin to imagine what it's like on the ground. we do have of course, that you stay faith. that was a couple john. this allows worry as well, thanks for coming on. well they're not, they are looking at now shows just how much ask our territory is now on the taliban control, including q thoughts of provincial capitals on the biggest cities outside the capital, such as can to haul, where they reportedly seized hundreds of weapons and vehicles is one, it's large amounts. if

thousands of people could be trapped by the fighting or humanitarian colleagues also tell us that in helman and kandahar they are reported, increased civilian casualties, destruction or damage to civilian houses, as well as to critical infrastructure including hospitals, hospitals and health workers are becoming overwhelmed by the number of wounded people. while fanatic added to james bay's now with the latest on the fighting from cobble the lot happening in the south and in the west of afghanistan. and as has been the focus for some days, the province of helmand where so many so much of the fighting involving international forces took place over 20 years. now they have gone, the fighting is continuing and it's continuing in the provincial capital laska go where the taliban have been in the heart of the city where we have an important new bit of information. and this is source to the army brigade of the african army that are leading the operation in laska god. and they tell us that there they have carried out their strike the african air force and they say they've targeted senior taliban le

in southern helman, province or correspondent units i seen was escorted by taliban representatives and yours. here's his exclusive reports, while there has been flight in lasker god, in the recent days, whether parts of the hillman province are firmly under totally been controlled. 2 only 20 kilometers. separate the city of kandahar from the strongholds of the taliban withdrawal must signs of recent battle. i arrive in, in the town of garish. the 20 bon fighter asks us to get out of our car. i can know at 1st sight things here. do not look different from the government control areas, but then you see the tiny ben fighters, the only ones allowed to use radio handsets or escort kill us, no telephone service or internet for security reasons. in the town you see tiny bun, flags everywhere. shopkeepers say it's a sign of their legions to the movement so that we noticed a clear change before the villagers could not come to the market. now they can on the markets, are crowded with them and can shop and there's nothing to both of them. we spoke to one of the shop customers as well. what was th

her 2nd order is gone to helman lusher guys of course the capital of homan. so they look at kind of the capital of the country. however, it's common right now, but we're talking about it's truly kandaher miller. homer was living and you know, even had his. busy house there and even somehow come down, it looked as a holy land for the taliban and they do not want to lose the control of the 3 provinces. so they're trying to capture hellman and oregon primarily to surround, can doubt and capture can doubt. and as soon as they reach to come out, stablish the m r a, then the game will change. you know, i've got to unfortunately we'll, we'll go so deep into a sub i was and mainly a partition internally between south not and east south gone a son. that's how important is that because of course the south is always been as you say, kandahar the traditional stronghold of the taliban. but we have seen then also recently it's interesting because we've seen places like condensed city change hands, but how unprecedented is it for that to be a co ordinated assault on major c

thousands of people could be trapped by the fighting or humanitarian colleagues also tell us that in helman, in kandahar they are reported, increased civilian casualties, destruction or damage to civilian houses, as well as to critical infrastructure, including hospitals, hospitals and health workers are becoming overwhelmed by the number of wounded people. one of the most prominent foreign business men in russia has been found guilty of embezzlement, spinal school courts. american michael canvie was arrested in 2019 on charges. his support to say were brought spine a politically connected business rival, the vertex and sentence in proceedings will continue. on friday, july home reports michael. calvin once flew high as one of russia's biggest foreign investors. now the u. s. businessman stands convicted of embezzlement, the verdict of moscow court. so far, the judge as the prosecutor did earlier has simply repeated the phrases and arguments from the december 2019 preliminary accusation. ignoring hundreds of documents, testimonies and expert witnesses that were presented during the trial ov

a number of nato bases and helman province were left abandoned by foreign forces, though they 1st destroyed buildings in vehicles and equipment. taliban fighters have since moved in to seize control of these sites. with the afghan crisis dominating debate in america, the biden administration has started self in a rather awkward spot. not just because of the intense criticism it faces, but because it seems unable to decide what its relationship with a taliban now ought to be. eager to turn off takes a closer look of ghana stern is teetering on the brink of a security collapse and washington which brought the country to the edge, is busy figuring out if it has any friends left in the taliban controlled country. the television is not what they are, not a group. we trust they are not our friends. that message is clear enough, but only until you hear this and we're doing everything we can to be prepared for those attacks that includes reaching out to the taliban who are actually providing the outer supreme court and around the airfields to make sure they know what we expect them to do to protect

climbing it took the country relatively easily checked these pictures in from the southern province of helman, where the locals are facing the aftermath of what appears to have been a vicious offensive from the militants. look at the marks in the wall they, when they were cole, tyler cole's. we don't know, but you can have a good idea, i guess with no doors or windows left in schools and hospitals that barely able to function. and there's no sign of that changing or improving anytime soon. talk in a which the u. n. is warning that afghanistan faces an absolute catastrophe of hunger, homelessness, and economic collapse and less financial aid is urgently sent. we spoke with you and the secretary general's deputy special representative for the country. it is addition, remains to be tense, needs are enormous, nearly half of the population are either half of the children or 5 or intact phase of attrition. and basically very little nothing to eat. and almost 600000 people, at least by the drought and radish the country. one of the major issues which we probably did not factor in is how much of the

al jazeera, there has been intense fighting and last car guard the besieged capital of gonna stand helman province. the gun air force has been blamed for bombing a private hospital in the area killing at least one person. and rockets have struck kandahar airport in the south, while flight in and out of the city are cancelled. charlotte, bella has more from couple. fighting is ongoing. it and it, it is incredibly tant, we still video today a fire burning in the city residents. they telling us that fighting was going door to door and the special forces the most leaks of the ask and special forces had flown in last night by a helicopter. there were, if strikes around the city, us were supporting us can military with it strikes. so less car got under heavy heavy pressure from the taliban and it's not the only place me and marz willing genta has announced the formation of a caretaker government. it's liter men on why will become the prime minister and has promised multi party elections. 6 months after seizing power in a true. he says the vote will take place by late 2023. changes to hong kong

do is telecon circle shot gun syringe and now a back of fighting to control, harass kandahar and helman continues. it's a critical test for the afghan government says it's all about advances and surrounds the capital capital. rob mcbride reports from couple of the fighting continues to be widespread across. i've got to stand to give you some idea. classes have been reported in 17 of afghanistan's 34 provinces. so that's half the country . obviously, it varies in intensity from place to place. we've seen some of the heavier fighting down in the south of the country around the taliban strongholds of helmand in kandahar overnight, government forces have been calling in as strikes that they take out the taliban in the south of the country also continued fighting in the north of the country, the provincial city of back that was the 6 provincial capital to be claimed by the taliban. that was the latest victory. but all eyes are on its neighboring provincial capital. a can do a far more significant, a strategically city and the north of the country that the government seems determined that it

and i was a real big mistake expecting that you could just landed a province like helman, or candle, which is very different to many other provinces. this is a real big melting, potter meeting of so many different ethnic groups. and really came in with this policy of a government that box just depositing in these but what the fossil provinces, governments from a cobble which they would never really going to accept. so yes, fundamentally, i'm sure this will be studied by history historians for years to come. that really was a misunderstanding of what they were grappling with. but you have to say, you know, 20 years back, if at some of those military types taken a few days out before they rushed in here to read a few of the history books of previous of previous lessons that have been learned very painfully by regimes going back a couple of 100 years. it might have been a different outcome rub thanks very much. robin bright telling us not story live out of cobble. well, boca is a former us ambassador to need to currently a distinguished fellow at the center for european policy analysis.

control of the palace of the veteran commander of the receipt. dost him in the provincial capital of helman, laska, god battles continue. so the taliban now have taken one provincial capital to a teetering on the edge. well, as we mentioned in the past few hours, the un security council convened a special session to address the escalating violence which is killed were the one size and civilians in the past. month alone is christian salumi reporting from new york thing. the country is at a dangerous turning point. the un special representative for afghanistan called on the security council to act and act quickly 1st by demanding an end to taliban attacks against cities to attack urban areas is to knowingly inflict enormous harm and cause massive civilian casualties. nonetheless, the threatening of large urban areas appears to be a strategic decision by the taliban, who have accepted the likely carnage that will ensue. russia said the emphasis should be on restarting stalled political talks between the afghan government and the taliban. achieved mister william lewis showing you how it is clea

all his fighting intensive eyes in lacquer gall and helman province, where the army has asked civilians to leave. the city shall about his life was now in the capital. cobble is beginning. cobble, charlotte, where those explosions have happened. and now a claim of responsibility. yeah, that claim just came out from the taliban. they say that they inflicted heavy casualties on the port enemy. the ministry of interior though i do have some updated numbers for you. they say that people were killed 20 people and then they also killed for attack is not in this statement from the taliban. they did give out some interesting details where they said that the martyrdom brigade, which is in fact the taliban suicides. if you will lay train under the telephone military wing conducted this foaming, they said they used a car bomb. and they said that this attack is the beginning of retaliatory operations against key figures and leaders of the cobble administration. so incredibly worrying and significant escalation from the taliban, that, that out looking to target these type of people in carbo, it obvi

the capital of the southern helman province has been seeing heavy fighting on frequent air strikes and saturday. nearby kandahar and several other cities are also under attack. the afghan government is deployed. it's a least special forces and it's carrying out airstrikes alongside us. forces are diplomatic or james basis, joining us from capital james. so how much pressure are afghan forces under and last? are gone well, we've spoken to local journalists who say that the fighting is the most intense. it's been at any time in recent days. and there has been very heavy fighting in recent days. but apparently we've gotten far is absolutely non stop at the moment. the fighting, we believe is right in the heart of last year, go close to the governors compound, close to the police headquarters close to the prison in laska got those areas or have seen heavy fighting. we have some shocking news. statistics of the civilian death toll and all of this, the un now saying, 40 killed, 118, have been injured. the data coming from all sorts of places in alaska. it's obviously confuse, picture and com

at least 200000 people living in the capital of helman, province have been told to leave the city. the un says at least 40 people have been killed in the past 24 hours alone, in some of the heaviest fighting in the center of the city. the afghan government has deployed at least special forces and is carrying out air strikes alongside us forces. let's get an update. charlotte bellis is joining us from couples farther. what can you tell us about the planned operation and last car guy? well, this is just having this afternoon, general semi se dot who's in charge of the armies operations in home and put out a voice nor 2 people in chicago that we've listened to. he said in it, i need you to evacuate from your homes and keep in mind, we understand much, gar, as a city typically around 200000 people, i need you to evacuate. it will be very hard fighting. we will not leave the taliban alive at any cost. he said, i know it will be very hard and it was a hard decision for me to make also. but i don't want to hurt my people. he said, please forgive us if you will be displaced. but you need t

and all of this is fighting intensifies in last got a guy and helman province where the army has asked civilians to leave. the city is ready forces, find several rockets into lebanon after 2 rockets fired from lebanon landed inside israel. they landed in the area of kitty shimoda were no more injured that were noble injuries residence in northern israel, have been told to stay at home. commemorations had begun in lebanon to mark one. yes, since the bay route port explosion. they killed 200 people. and a 1000 more injured, the blast was caused by a huge stock of ammonium nitrate that was one of the largest non nuclear explosions ever recorded. it destroyed thousands of homes and force the government to resign. when you're wrong, victims are still waiting for answers as and how to report stuff from beirut. the got to silos that they roots, port still stand as a symbol of a tragedy. i feel what the building behind us collapse and 4 people were killed. i was strong to the ground unconscious. we will never forget that explosion. it began with a fire at warehouse 12. it's believe to have blo

all this as fighting has intensified the last car guy in helman province. that's where the army has now asked civilians to leave the city. charlotte bellis is joining us from cobble to discuss. i've gotten this done. we begin though, in the capital capital. charlotte's an explosion over there, and now there's a claim of responsibility. what more can you tell us the telephone claiming responsibility for the attack outside the defense ministers home in cobble. they offer some details and they statement saying that it was conducted by the masses in the brigade which falls under the military and is essentially a brigade of dedicated suicide bombers. they said that a car bomb was decent natured and then they had there was also gunman who opened fire in the area shortly after. they say that this attack is the court beginning of retaliatory operations against key figures and leaders of the cobble administration . so significant escalation from the taliban saying that the targeting key people in cobble within the government also concerning for civilians. our own co

the main focus right now there's lots of places that we need to look at, but the main focus is on helman. province and last, gar, which is the provincial capital of helmand because they're the taliban in the heart of the city right in the heart of government in the city there around the governors compound and the police chiefs headquarters in alaska. we've seen recent pictures of the taliban in that area. busy we understand that there in buildings there in houses, this creates a big problem for the african government when that right there in the center of the city. because it's an urban environment. there are civilians living that to they don't want to have any civilian casualties. so it's going to mean house to house urban fighting the most difficult type of warfare we do understand that have been strikes elsewhere in alaska. and we understand that some of those strikes have been carried out by the us who again, even though that us troops left off carrying out some strikes enough kind of support of the afghan security forces. next door in kandahar classes continue in kandahar city. reme

telecom sutter pool, shall begun that ranch, and now i back fighting to control her at kandahar and helman continues. it is a critical test for the afghan government as the taliban advances and surrounds the capital city. cobble our correspondent, rob mcbride has more from cobble. this is the latest victory being claimed by the taliban. the city of i back now, this is the city, that's the capital of simon gun, a fairly small province in the north of afghanistan. pictures which have been up loaded by the taliban, which would con, independently verify, but they do show fights has been greeted in the streets by towns, people, a streets which we are told him is video inside i back now this, if it's true that this is the 6 provincial a city to be taken in just a few days and it is in this broad sway, the northern afghanistan where we have seen a lot of other fighting and other gains be made by the taliban. like, like back some of those gains are small cities, but it does include, for example, conduce, which is a very big city strategically very important. it is a very significant victory for th

what do we know about the current situation last out in nash, chicago, and helman because that is really under a lot appreciate at the moment. and communications are still cut off in that said he and has been for a number of hours now. before they cut off the communications. we talked to the local journalist who we could hear heavy gun fire in the back of the phone call. he said he can't leave his house and that the telephone are in the city. at one point to fighting was happening about a kilometer from the governor compound, which is right in the heart of the city. this started late yesterday. we started the videos coming out of fires burning in the city, and then residents were telling us they were hiding in their houses. they were here in gun fly. the telephone were in the city actually hiding in resident homes in the cities. and then the most elite of the can special forces were flowing in via helicopter. and heavy fighting has a 3rd complete with air strikes in the city, from africa and forces and also from us forces. so putting civilians and a perilous position between a strike spi

on all 0 more on i've gone to start and we have an exclusive report from an area in afghanistan, helman province. that's now under taliban control. it looked like not people that are supposed to be like on the victims of violent pick out and dumbbell ahead of this week election. ah hello, good to be with you. let's start with a weather update in turkey. wildfires burning now for nearly 2 weeks. censure. wildfires one disaster going on, but also flooding toward the black sea region. and we've got aggressive rain on tap on monday for areas like our hobby where hundreds of people have been forced from their homes. you know, for the balkans we're starting to see amber alerts pop up again as these temperatures come up to on a 36 degrees. bucharest, 37 on monday. we'll peel out, give you a wider look now at some other weather that we're tracking and you know, winds for germany could clip up to 80 kilometers per hour on monday. it's all part of this disturbance impacting the british shells. the low countries and southern scandinavia and you know, hang tight london, your forecast, it's about to

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about his dean and this is al to see life and also coming up with an exclusive report from port of helman, province that snow under taliban control. and here the reaction, the people living there. she down recalls that some bastards that you feel thousands of refugees cross the border to get conflict in te gray plus. wildfires reach for a 60 or increases 2nd largest on our enforce and then coaching on more homes. me a relentless and rapid offenses by the taliban. is overwhelming african forces with the arms groups now claiming control of a 5th provincial capital in just 3 days there advancing across northern provinces and say, they've taken telecom and sorry po, but by far the most significant gain is the northern city of condos. charlotte balance reports from campbell rising will become a store day in s going a stone, 1st, the telephone into condo, one of the country's biggest cities and a gateway to the north. i just don't want it. beyond group took it briefly in 20152016. before us special forces pushed in spite is out. now america cannot stand in the way 35 threes. the television took

she's the catholic helman province. i've just received a video from beer and you can just hit constant gunfire. machine gun fly and explosions at white in the heart of the city. this started on saturday when the taliban wait for the city in earnest. the afghan government responded with official horses with stripes, but they didn't make much of an impact. and then yesterday, the general in charge of the army corps there his name is. sammy said that you send out a voice nurse and it was sprayed quickly among residents saying, i need you all to evacuate because we want to watch a large scale military operation to clear the taliban out of the city and we want to avoid civilian casualties. so it looks like that is what is happening there today for the civilians who would be if, if they did leave that being pushed into an active conflict czar and where they will end up. it is hard to tell because a lot of people are being displaced and around that area now at a very difficult situation for the government to be and tried to ta

thousands of people could be trapped by the fighting or humanitarian colleagues also tell us that in helman and kandahar they are reported, increased civilian casualties, destruction or damage to civilian houses, as well as to critical infrastructure, including hospitals, hospitals and health workers are becoming overwhelmed by the number of wounded people. now in columbia, 2 prominent men from opposing sides of the decades long conflict have, for the 1st time, appeared publicly before a thing called the truth commission. and the gatherings of victims. they apologized for atrocities committed during a civil war, in which around 260000 people were killed. is daniel swim la on the way, but the bush men said they wanted the help hill columbia's wounds in a spirit of reconciliation. they spoke by video link to 800 victims from all sides and the bloody conflict that lasted over 50 years. those who lost loved ones or themselves kidnapped or forced from their homes. getting in the you june, did with the former for leader with regal. daniel, better known as tim, which ankle admitted that his group

west after a fierce gun battle. afghan forces are also battling the taliban to say the provinces of helman, canada hall and head out. but they are struggling to stop the on goose rapid advances. us troops complete that pull out by the end of this month, or the set back for the afghan government comes just hours after emergencies. my emergency talks began here in doha to stop the violence to top us diplomat for afghan austin is in the corporate capital for those discussions. we'll have the latest on the fighting in a bit the 1st and how much am julian don't have more on those talks. so how much it's just going to 6 o'clock here and we understand the taliban turned up just about to just under a couple of hours. ago, the optics of that, together with the gains that they're making on the ground in afghanistan, would suggest they're not really in a hurry to, to reach a negotiated settlement with this does certainly appear to be that way. has them. i mean, throughout the day up until as you mentioned just a couple of hours ago, we were not sure if the tall man was going to be attending these tal

taliban. government troops sought alone should be held for ation on the arms group in the capital of helman province. at least 200000 people live there. charlotte bellis has more on the situation that lash car got the capital of home in provence and in the cross years of the tele bomb. after fighting government forces the weeks on its outskirts, the armed group could be on the brink of taking its 1st city. since the u. s. began its military draw down the taliban, published videos of themselves in the center of flesh, cargo, and at the main market, asserting they had control of most of the city for the ones who the enemy stuck in some places of the city like their intelligence offices, police and governors compound by our taliban are at every corner of the city. now the afghan military is trying a new strategy. after 4 days of fighting with its most elite special forces and pounding the city with it strikes. it is asking old people to evacuate the city to learn some of my just summer. i'm leaving here. all the people have left. there is bombing from the air and the tell banner on the ground.

and right now, either side of helman, there's a fair bit of fighting on the eastern side kandahar the regional capital, 2nd city of afghanistan, class you still go on there not far from kinda how city elsewhere and kind of how province spin bolduc. that's the border area that's been controlled the taliban for some weeks. now we understand that there is a dispute between the taliban and the pakistan authorities about the opening of that border. the taliban wanted as much as possible for pedestrians. the focus on these were told by the taliban are not complying with that. so the tongue about and we believe have shut that border completely. you move to the other side of helmand and to the west and minerals that has a border with iran. people have been trying to flee across that border, but we're told by local sources, the people who, when they got to the border, they've been not allowed to cross by the around noon authorities. and the radio thought has been very heavy handed. that the reason that fleeing we understand the taliban are planning to attack, nym rose that province. and the go