they are close to kandahar but it is a very — kandahar.ferent _ kandahar. they are close to kandahar but it is a very different thing - kandahar. they are close to kandahar but it is a very different thing to - but it is a very different thing to actually take a city of 600,000. the taliban have never done that in the period since nato forces went into the country. you're correct, there is pressure on these major cities, there will continue to be with that but my own assessment about a one in three chance i would give the afghans are holding on. as long as we provide them resources, conduct over the horizon support, logistics, all of that. i think they have a one and three chance. unfortunately, my assessment would be two and three, the wheels come off.— the wheels come off. finally, on the iran the wheels come off. finally, on the iran nuclear — the wheels come off. finally, on the iran nuclear deal, _ the wheels come off. finally, on the iran nuclear deal, what's _ the wheels come off. finally, on the iran nuclear deal, what's your - ira

he'd fled from kandahar to kabul when he realized he had left all of his documents back in kandahar. the reason he fled kandahar is the taliban two weeks ago murdered his dad at his doorstep and they just ran out of the house. so a couple of days ago he did the impossible.e tae he flew back to kandahar by bumming a ride on an afghan military transport, which is the only flights flying in the country.ra he gets into kandahar, he gets back to his house, he gets his o documents, he's on a friend's motorcycle yesterday trying to drive to the airport in kandahar when the afghan military gets attacked by the taliban on the road that connects the airport to the city. the afghan military gets overrun and killed. the taliban then turn on him.ith he flees on the motor bike. they shoot him off the motor bike. he gets injured. and he's calling me from a c friend's house telling me that at this point his only option was to hide and disguise himseln like a woman, hide in a burka, and hire a taxi and attempt to drive from kandahar back to kabul, which, you know, there's got to be what, 30 taliban c

he fled from kandahar to capital when he realized that he had left all of his documents back in kandahar, the reason why he left is because the taliban two weeks ago murdered his dad at his doorstep and ran out of the house. a couple of days ago, he did the impossible, he flew back to kandahar by bumming a ride on an afghan military transport which is the only flight flying in the country. he did stand to kandahar, gets back to his house, gets the documents, is on a motorcycle yesterday trying to drive to the airport in kandahar when the afghan military gets attacked by the taliban on the road that connects the airport to the city, the afghan military gets overrun and killed. the taliban then turn on him, he flees on motorbike, they shoot him off the motorbike, he gets injured and he's calling me from a friends house telling me that at this point his only option was to hide and disguise himself like a woman, hide in a burqa and hire a taxi in attempt to drive from kandahar back to kabul, there has to be 30 checkpoints. this guy had been an interpreter for the seals. the army federal serv

there's also been battles in herat and kandahar.s the latest from the afghan capital kabul. this has certainly been the most serious moment, i would say, in the weeks of intensified fighting that we've been seeing in afghanistan. the taliban already control vast swathes of rural territory, they've captured that in the last couple of months, but now they're trying to take their first city. earlier this evening they advanced right into the heart of lashkar gah city — that's the capital of helmand province. following the arrival of afghan special forces, there were heavy clashes and we understand that fairly recently the taliban were forced back from the centre of the city. but i was just talking to one local resident from lashkar gah, and he was saying, "look, even if the taliban don't manage to capture the city on this occasion, this has been a powerful assertion of their strength." and he also said that the militants had taken up the positions inside the homes of a number of ordinary families — that's, of course, going to make it ha

kandahar is feeling pressure from the taliban.up has seized around half of all territory in the country, though no major city as of yet. >> president xi jinping has paid a surprise visit to the politically sensitive region of tibet, the first by a chinese president in more than 30 years. his visit is only being covered by state media because of the sensitivities of the trip. many exiled tibetans accused beijing of religious repression. there have been tensions, too, with india. the head of our chinese service gave us his view of the purpose of the visit. >> there are speculations and analysis from different walks. the one main thought is that xi jinping is trying to emphasize his push for a different type of nationalist agenda. in recent years, people have noticed changes in some of the chinese ethnic policies, such as trying to force different ethnic groups to have a national identity, a melting pot identity. trying to make their religion and cultures more secularized, fitting into the main communist-led state structure. that is

it's been taking place around kandahar city, where 20 people have been injured in the past. few hours. strikes have been reported in neighboring hillman province as well. relocating africa and translators . one of the many issues discuss at a meeting between us secretary state antony, blinking, and leaders in kuwait. lincoln spoke on a range of topics including iran. he says negotiations on the nuclear deal, congo and indefinitely. and it's up to tariff to return to compliance. the battles intensifying for a rebel controlled neighbourhood in southern syria. government forces of surrounded an area in debt are, which has been besieged for more than a month. it's home 240000. people have been cut off from food and medicine. hundreds of thousands of children are going to bed hungry in lebanon. this isn't a report from save the children, which found more and more parents are unable to pay for food and medicine. even worse for syrian refugees in lebanon, 9 out of 10 families are living in extreme poverty. covered 900 cases in the limpid games host city tokyo are continuing to search, report

further details on the attacks, but the taliban said some had been close to the southern city of kandaharcent weeks. separately, afghan officials say taliban militants have our afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani is in kabul. us officials have confirmed that a number of air strikes were launched in support of afghan forces in recent days, and we understand that at least some of them have been around the southern city of kandahar. that's a city that's both strategically and symbolically important, and there's increasing concern about the way the taliban are pressing in on it. now, these air strikes are said to have targeted military equipment and vehicles seized by the taliban from afghan forces. and they were what's called over—the—horizon operations. in other words, involving aircraft not stationed in afghanistan, but flown in from elsewhere in the region for these strikes and then flown out once again. now, these strikes will have been useful in holding back the taliban advance on the city, but there's real concern about what will happen after the end of august. that's the deadl

busy to kandahar that's about 45 minutes. the security situation in the 2nd city is really pretty perilous for the government right now that fighting on the edge of the city that's been fresh fighting overnight. hospital officials telling us that overnight 17 civilians have been admitted to hospital injured, including women and children in kandahar for police dead in canada. and clearly the taliban pushing at the edge of kandahar city is also meeting a great deal of displacement and problems for the population that it's worth telling you at this ongoing meeting in the presidential palace. the un special representative. deborah lyons is focused on the humanitarian situation. and she focused on one headline figure, she said, there are now 18000000 people in afghanistan in humanitarian need. that's doubled since this time last year. and it is hope the population of afghanistan and now considered by the us to be in humanitarian need. this country isn't a very serious situation, that it is james, based from africa surge on his lif

it's just south of kandahar and south west f and the son, which is a telephone strong hole. but now with this border crossing, it connects them with talk of some where a lot of the senior leaders have been for many years and it also allows them to get all that custom revenue that's coming through the border. the afghan government says something like 900 trucks across through the every day that the taliban and not taking customs duties from. now this isn't the 1st border crossing they have taken. it is the largest, but it isn't the 1st they have taken in the last few weeks. they've taken some smaller ones up on the northern border of afghanistan, minnesota. and also on the iranian border, they took quite a large border. crossing court is lum color. now we've talked to truck drivers who have come through this since they've taken that crossing and they say yes, we're now paying taxes to the telephone thought we got a few kilometers down the road. when we had a government checkpoint within pay taxes to the move. this all started around april when u. s. president biden announced

fighting is also continuing in kandahar and lashkar gah in the south. this update from kabul. fighting is taking place in and around a number of afghan cities. in lashkar gah, in the southern province of helmand, taliban forces came within one kilometre of the governor's office right in the centre of the city yesterday before being pushed back. the afghan army commander there saying his troops managed to inflict a high number of casualties on the militants, but we understand they remain at the mostjust a few kilometres away from the city centre. today in lashkar gah a hospital was badly damaged by government air strikes targeting taliban fighters in the area. i'm told at least one security guard was killed and two doctors injured, though initial reports suggested that patients being treated at the hospital had already been evacuated. in the west of the country, in the city of herat, fighting is ongoing for the third day after government forces managed to recapture the area around the airport, which had been briefly taken by the taliban. government force

fighting is also continuing in kandahar and lashkar gah in the south. kabul. this is the most serious moment in the weeks of intensified fighting we've been seeing in afghanistan. the taliban already control vast swathes of rural territories in afghanistan and now they are really pushing into a number of cities, advancing to the heart of lashkar gar city in the southern province of helmand. one report said the taliban had reached within 300 metres of the governor's of this which is really the heart of lashkar gar. fresh troops have been sent into the city, including special forces. troops have been sent into the city, including specialforces. one troops have been sent into the city, including special forces. one local force said that the afghan air force, they believe, i reluctant to carrier air strikes because the fighting is taking place in such a central, catch congested part of the city. meanwhile, ordinary afghans caught in the middle of all of this, one hospital run by the italian ngo and urgency of addressing all its beds are completely full. we

and them going to kandahar and trying to take it over.ething that general mckenzie told me about when we were traveling in afghanistan last week. so it is not surprising that is where we would see them. but as the taliban has been moving in so other areas to flee, and in others, the taliban have been taking up the equipment. so according to the defense officials the equipment in the area were being taken over, so the attacks were done by unmanned aircraft, and flown from outside of the country, and the u.s. has virtually no aircraft left in afghanistan at that point. >> the very latest from courtney kube. >> and now, faced with a gun spikes, and any chance of reform stalled in congress, the doj is launching so-called gun strikes. this is attorney general merrick garland speaking about this earlier today. >> the gun violence tragedies now facing the country, and over many years needless to say affects the communities and the security and the safety and also the community of the law enforcement officers. >> and here with the latest is our j

they also claim to have the city of kandahar, the birthplace of the taliban under siege.nt days, the taliban has taken control of one of the country's main trading gateways. the dry port of islam color with millions of dollars worth of fuel and supplies cross every day. customs officials also confirm the militants took control of a border crossing with turkm turkmenistan. the afghan force said its force had killed almost two members in 24 hours. they'll continue ground offensives and air strikes to recapture lost territory. as the fighting rages, the u.s. special representative for afghanistan reconciliation, the ambassador is still campaigning for peace talks. he is traveling to qatar, pakistan and uzbekistan to meet with regional stakeholders in an advance to advance the stalled peace talks. many are con convinced the taliban is not interested in sharing place or power. >>> soccer passions are reaching a fever hitch ahead of the euro 2020 finals. still ahead, england and italy go head to head in a crash of the titans at behmly. >>> plus, lionel midwest messi wins with a

it lies fall of kandahar and gives access to pakistan solutions. don province, which taliban leaders reports that he used as a back base for years. it's capture is the latest in a series of strategic gains by the taliban as us and nato forces continues to withdraw from the water country. economy. bonds are i thing trying to control the economic chill plains. so to pressure the government and as well as the population that is in the domain of the government because we're controlling the border crossings, there will be difficulties in the resupply on the supply of a lot of things to these people. tunnel forties denied the takeover of the crossing, but pakistan the security forces said the body back was seen raising the flag over the town. last week, taliban claimed to be in control of 85 percent of off gun time, after seizing key border crossings with iran. it took many stops for administers of the shanghai cooperation organisation, meeting in the taj capital dish and expressed support for the african government that's actually in the member states o

we've seen in recent weeks that particularly concerned about kandahar province. i've heard from some officials that concerned that the the taliban might try and bounce an operation to actually try and take kandahar city, which would be a huge symbolic boost for this. how about if they were able to claim a victory over? i've got a son seconds if he that's the nightmare scenario for the african government. what they're hoping to do now now eat is over, is to stop pushing back on some of those taliban games. the money that's going to the african military is, is showing that the u. s. is supporting the ongoing war effort of the afghans which the afghan government says, but basically defensive efforts to try to stop a taliban offensive. and of course, all of these things matter because there's no c spot in place. once you have a ceasefire in place and a conflict, it locks in the 2 sides positions the negotiating table right now though, it's a fluid situation and whoever has more territory has more leverage in the negotiations and the taliban feel that they are moving

i've been bothered with the district of kandahar province. this is a key area because there's dr. jones, the main highway from the city of quite di and budget on to granddaughter. it's a major logistical route. that dollar bond has sent out a major ritual that they've been hosting debt like that the board, the board, their soldiers or vice president at that particular location. which is not surprising, given the fact that they have all taken over to the board. the board radiator on a day off, they've taken a board the board tech door one day, which is the border red minutes dawn. and earlier i had taken a border board on the tajir, bordeaux 14, many georgia to play a garage. so it is indeed an important development because it appears that dollar bonds are trying to control the main entry point from the neighboring country. like also going for the district and surrounding major city, august on, on the other hand of god, bracing for more by day and one on it had warned that a political solution is important and absolutely necessary because it feared that refugees may start bordering

you see them now on the outskirts fighting in some of the outer areas of kandahar city, arguably theond most important city in all of afghanistan. let me say up front if i could, in addition to it's great to be with you again, that no one wants to see endless wars ended more than those who have actually served in them, but we are not ending this war. we are ending u.s. involvement in it. because we end the involvement of the 3,500 u.s. troops, we're also seeing over 8,000 nato troops leave and we're seeing some 15,000 or so contractors leave as well. they're critical to maintaining the afghan air force, which is essential to ensure that afghan soldiers realize that someone is coming to the rescue with additional troops and with close air support. gradually that air force is already being degraded in its operational readiness. it's flying at an astronomical operational tempo in a country that is very vast with very high mountains. and i fear we will look back and regret the decision to withdraw. sadly, we may regret that sooner than i had originally thought when i said that right afte

kandahar one of the biggest cities. this is the spiritual home of the taliban. and they have been making significant grounds in kandahar province over the last week. the air strikes is close to where the prison is. and taliban we know are aiming for that area. but there have only been about six or seven air strikes in the americans in the last month and certainly from the afghan soldiers that we spoke to, they said that it is not enough. of course afghanistan has a very m small air force and they are hoping for reinforcements and air strikes which they ever came. which meant commandos got slaughtered, troops had to surrender. and this is happening over and over again. so they say that they desperately need that u.s. air support. whether it will continue after the 31st of august when all u.s. troops are out, i mean combat troops are basically out, these air strikes are conducted by drones. you know, this is not manned air strikes. it remains to be seen. but certainly the u.s. is saying that it can go after terrorist targets, al qaeda targets. but as i say, afghan

clearly a war between the afghan government and the taliban. taliban fighters are making inroads in kandahar after taking over abandon outposts the fighters share their spoils. elsewhere in cobble province, us armored vehicles and weapons which could potentially be used in the fight against the afghan government forces. founded by our capitalizing over that vacuum which has been created by the redraw. so that is why we have intensified the, the conflict and are having fast battle field games, particularly in the north of atlanta. done this with these battlefield games will definitely strengthen the taliban position. in any coming negotiations, if that is to happen and as well as this has thinned, shock waves from the moral perspective within the government, rank and file across the north of us can a stand government troops of surrender districts without a fight more than $1000.00 fled to neighboring to jacob stand on monday that prompted touch at president m. o. molly ross, man to call up 20000 reserve troops to the border with afghan. a stand. it is quite quite remarkable. the collapse that

security forces in two other key cities, kandahar in the south and herat in the west, are also battlingthe taliban offensive. thousands of people have been fleeing their homes to other parts of afghanistan and neighbouring countries. our correspondent, secunder kermani, is in kabul with the latest. this is the most serious moment, i would say, in the weeks of intensified fighting that we've been seeing in afghanistan. the taliban already control vast swathes of rural territory, they've captured that in the last couple of months, but now they're trying to take their first city. earlier this evening they advanced right into the heart of lashkar gah city — that's the capital of helmand province. afg ha n afghan army soldiers are still there, they are trying to hold the taliban back. we have been told that fresh trips have been sent into the city, including specialforces. speaking to one on the call source, may believe the afghan air force are reluctant to carry out air strikes because the fighting is in a such congested parts of the city. meanwhile, ordinary afghans caught in the middle of

they, also, claim to have the city of kandahar, the birthplace of the taliban, under siege. in recent days, the taliban has taken control of one of the country's main-trading gateways with iran. the dry port is where millions of dollars worth of fuel and supplies cross, every day. customs officials, also, confirm the militants took control of a border crossing with turkmenistan. the afghan ministry of defense said its forces had killed almost 200 taliban fighters, in 24 hours, in operations across afghanistan. and will continue ground offensives and air strikes to recapture lost territory. as the fighting rages, the u.s. special representative for afghanistan reconciliation is, still, campaigning for peace talks. he is traveling to qatar, pakistan, and uzbekistan, to meet with regional stakeholders in an attempt to advance these stalled-peace talks. but many here, in afghanistan, are convinced the taliban is not interested in peace or sharing power. anna coren, cnn, kabul. >>> and in afghanistan, australia has completed its full troop withdrawal. that's according to australi

the militants say they cut off a key highway to pakistan, as they lay siege to kandahar.nn's anna coren reports, from kabul. >> reporter: the taliban is continuing its offensive across after afghanistan. targeting strategic road and border links as an embattled afghan security forces desperately tries to hold ground. the militants claim to have cut the main highway between the southern city of kandahar and the border with pakistan. saying that all army outposts in a nearby town have been overrun. they also claim to have the city of kandahar, the birthplace of the taliban, under siege. in recent days, the taliban has taken control of one of the country's main-trading gateways with iran. the dry port is where millions of dollars worth of fuel and supplies cross, every day. customs officials, also, confirmed the militants took control of a border crossing with turkmenistan. the afghan ministry of defense said its forces had killed almost 200 taliban fighters, in 24 hours, in operations across afghanistan. and will continue ground offensives and air strikes to recapture lost

the content about games ground in the region of kandahar, forcing families to flee to safety. ah, 11 days after an apartment building in florida partially collapsed. what was left of the structure has now been demolished me the plans to destroy what remained of the surf side apartments. the miami were brought forward as the region braced for tropical storm elsa, which they expected to reach the florida coast on tuesday. the authorities say the demolition will help search and rescue efforts. 24 people have been confirmed dead on 121. a still missing carry my dad that's more from miami beach. they spent the greater part of sunday drilling holes into the bottom of the building where they would then put these explosive charges and brought the building down with a process known as energetic leveling. but right now we do have crews on seen on the side of the of the demolition, just to make sure that everything is fine, that all the, all the explosions that were supposed to go off and did in fact go off. and they are due to resumed their search and rescue operation. as soon as possib

a nearby city of kandahar to challenge in pakistan. it's. i've got to stand 2nd busiest entry point and the main link to pakistani course, the afghan government insisted it's pushed to fight his back, but civilians say the taliban is in control of the board opposed. charlotte, silas has more from campbell. this isn't the 1st border crossing they have taken. it is the largest, but it isn't the 1st they have taken in the last few weeks. they've taken some smaller ones up on the northern border of afghanistan, which minister to g cost on. and also on the iranian border, they took quite a large, rolled across and called islam color. now we've talked to truck drivers who have come through this since they've taken that crossing and they say yes when our paying taxes to the telephone thought we got a few kilometers down the road. only had a government checkpoint within pay taxes to them also. now what began as a protest against jacob zoom, his jail sentences turned into the worst uprising in south africa in decades. some of the most violent protest

there is fighting very, very close to kandahar city, which has been on getting in recent days overnight were told by the local hospital, 17 civilians, engine including women and children, were told to africa. police officers dead. the government. those saying that in kandahar province, in the last 24 hours, they have killed 10 taliban also was telling you outside canada city about 45 minutes drive to the border with pakistan. spin bolduc. well, let me just one of the border points for probably the most important. that's the time that i've taken in recent weeks around. i've got some very worrying for land country to be losing its borders and we now here that's been bullied at border, is now fully open to trucks focused on fully reopened it. and that's important for the taliban because they get all the revenue for those trucks that are coming in. we hear from africa, ministry of finance, that since they lost all these border points around the country, they've lost $33500000.00 in customs revenue. james bay fat from cobble out thailand. his counted a record number of new current virus infe

that there is no peace if one helicopter came here, it would be enough for all of kandahar. why don't they use helicopters against them? they tagged me. they tried to kill me if they killed me and who will look after my children. asset de la, a local police commander, says there under resolved and struggle in the fight against the armed group. the situation is going to be bad. police and border forces have equipment problems commandos and the national army base to bit far. and we are on the front line. the advances made by the taliban in this key, southern province came on the same day. the city governor was killed by a car bomb in the regional capital pan joyce, the 5th district in can to help hobbins to fall to the armed group in recent weeks . as the taliban offensive gains momentum, they came to have seized more than 100 out of nearly 400 districts in the country with a strong presence in the north. 100. thanks to god and this is prison before that the majority of the afghan people in the previous agent taliban rule for more than 10 years, we are now in control board and

to put the birthplace and form a stronghold and is now inching closer to the regional capital kandahar city. this is just a day off to african troops abandon areas of northern by the sean province to the taliban. on friday, us and nato forces cation background and base near combo, which was the epi center of american operations for the past 20 years. remaining us troops will officially leave the country on september 11th, if not before in a move that many regional likes but say could cause i've got to start to spiral into civil war. the taliban claimed its already recaptured the majority of afghanistan's territories. 100. thanks to god and this is prison before that the majority of the afghan people in the previous era, june the taliban rule for more than 10 years, we are now in control board and 70 percent of the territories. it is simply because that people know us very well and the african people have no problem dealing with us. we have to main principles that we rely on when it comes to judgement versus the bless islamic faith. the 2nd is our belief in our national identity. within

on sunday, the taliban captured upon dry in kandahar the groups birthplace and form a stronghold. it's now and she closer to the regional capital kandahar city, but this is just a day off to africa. troops abandon, areas of northern bad are shown province to the taliban on friday. us and nato forces vacated by graham base near the capital combo, the center of american operations for the past 20 years. the remaining us troops will officially leave the country on september 11th and moved that many regional ex but say, could cause afghanistan to descend into another civil war. taliban claims it's already recaptured. the majority of afghanistan's territories. 100. thanks to god and this is proven before that the majority of the afghan people in the previous era, june taliban rule, for more than 10 years, we are now in control of board and 70 percent of the territories. it's empty because the people know us very well and the african people have no problem dealing with us. we have to main principles that we rely on when it comes to judgement versus the place it is. let me say the 2nd is

but in kansas city on the outskirts of kandahar city, the 2nd city of afghanistan there we've had overnight fighting we told by medical sources, there were 17 civilians injured, including women and children, full members of africa. police killed the government saying they've killed 10 taliban in canada. ha, problems. if you go from ken dollars, city and canada, how province you go down to spin bolduc, which in the border one of the borders for a country is very bad news. talk about have taken and spent bolduc now is we believe fully operational with trucks coming in. and that money now is going to the taliban and not to the afghan government when you want to take it back to cobble and not meeting that we saw with president gaudy earlier on today. also speaking with the un representative, deborah lyons, she said in her speech that the board of points taken by the taliban actually amounted last year to a 3rd of all the revenue for the african government. now the african government gets a lot of money from the international community, but a 3rd of the african governments revenue raises itself

security forces in two other key cities — kandahar in the south and herat in the west — are also battlingt the taliban offensive. thousands of people have been fleeing their homes to other parts of afghanistan and neighbouring countries. our correspondent secunder kermani is in the capital, kabul. this is the most serious fighting we've seen since this latest taliban offensive began. the group already had captured vast swathes of rural territory. now, they're trying to take their first city and earlier this evening, they made their way right to the centre of lashkar gah before being pushed back by afghan special forces. in the last few hours, a number of air strikes have been launched against taliban positions there, too. the fighting, as you say, has also been taking place around herat in the west of afghanistan and kandahar in the south. caught in the middle of this, of course, ordinary afghan families. tens of thousands of people have had to flee their homes in recent weeks and the international military mission here will formally come to an end by september with the taliban looking em