kim vinnell joins us from donetsk. a day after the president's inauguration and human rights watch releases a report critical of government forces. what more do you know of this report? >> well, this was a letter from human rights watch to president petero poroshenko. it is critical of the ukranian military, basically outlining the speempss of monitors -- experience of the monitors. reports that we are hearing is it's corroborating what you learn. residential areas are shelled, dangerous developments. it talked about one incident at a hospital in slovyansk hit by a mort iffier. it was inside the hospital. the report says that separatists had gone to the hospital and warned them that elderly patients have been evacuating. they couldn't confirm the locations. but it was hit. the letter goes on to explain the obligations of the ukrainian military to use force and at all costs to target civilian errors. >> can you give us an idea of what the situation is like on the ground in the east of ukraine. >> this morning we heard t

kim vinnell reports. >> slovyansk is a city under siege. al jazeera cannot verify this video but it claims to show residential areas coming under fire. doctors at the city's hospital told us civilians are among the wounded. tir fear good-byes are a matter of the human cast of this conflict. bus loads of coven were seen leaving their parents as they were evacuated. a major offensive to regain control of the surrounding villages last we're. we found a hospital in donetsk where some of the wounded separatists are being treated. armed men sparrowstormed the bu earlier this week. a doctor who didn't want to be identified showed us through the building. he told us it's becoming increasingly difficult to get medical supplies which are coming from russia. >> supplies are easy to get but hard to get across the russian border. they can weight at the border for months. >> a few streets away, separatist fighters remain ol alert for a possibility military sort continuing to man checkpoints in and out of donetsk. a sense of lawlessness reins. >> military

she could have no choice if kiev is unable to stamp out the rebellion gripping the east, kim vinnel,rra. >>> now the kenyon president says somali al-shabab fighters were not behind two separate attacks on the eastern coast in the past two days and that despite the group claiming responsibility for the attacks. at least 15 people were killed overnight. that left 49 people dead when gunmen swooped in and opened fire on people watching football. hotels and a police sticks were targeted. the president says local political forces are behind the attacks. but he didn't pinpoint exactly who. the attack was well planned, and politically motivated ethnic violence again the ken tan community with the intention of profiling and evicting them for political reasons. this, therefore, was not annal shabob terrorist attack. evidence indicates that local political networks were involved in the planning and execution of the heinous crime. >>> now the h they bow los anges vice russ has killed seven people in liberia. they have case raise the total number of dead to 16. he bow los angeles causes severe b

kim vinnel has the report there. >> reporter: left to deal with the war these people say is not their own, this is the aftermath of a fierce battle between ukrainian troops and pro-russian separatists. emblazoned on this armored vehicle a symbol of the donetsk people's republic. their fighters had been hold up in this central city building until the early hours of the morning when ukrainian troops moved in. >> translator: first they were shooting with guns, and after that, i don't know how many rounds were fired. after one or one and a half hours the real battle begun and the sound was so deafening that windows shattered. >> reporter: the battle raged for most of the day as the men kiev calls terrorists scattered from their headquarters. we are told the separatist base is just a few blocks from here, we are still hearing sporadic gone fire every few minutes, but locals in the surrounding area are going about life as normal. some of them are just coming to take a look. as the shots rang louder however, scared residents took cover. children looking out for the men take over their city.

kim vinnell joins us from donetsk. what is the plan then, kim?> reporter:. >> well president petro porashenko spoke to reporters in kiev when he mentioned this unilateral ceasefire. he didn't elaborate on whether it would begin, whether it was a matter of hours or days, just that it would begin shortly. he said that this would be the first part of a 14 point peace plan that he hopes the ceasefire would open the door for talks with separatists, and perhaps they'd get on board. he reiterated the offer of amnesty for those that hadn't committed a grave crime, and opening a corridor for fighters from russia, who wanted to return there. this is not the first time that he has made the offer, talked about a unilatter hall ceasefire. he spoke about it on monday, but said it wouldn't begin until ukranian troops had control of the border, which we know they are coming under attack nightly, and ukranian troops are moving in now to try to regain control. boarder, but that has not been successful. >>> is a plan like this going to work. are separatists willing

one residents says fighting is so intense they can't leave their homes, kim vinnell has the story. >>r: on the russian board a town on lock down. most people here are in hiding from both ukrainian military surrounding the town and the separatists trying to gain control. for the past two days, few have ventured outside. >> translator: i feel fear. fear for myself and for my children. >> reporter: these women told us they never imagined that conflict would end up on their doorstep. even as we spoke, a reminder of their new reality as heavy machine gun rounds range out. the military moved in quickly on thursday afternoon when a border guard headquarters came under attack. kiev says 15 separatists it were killed. we went to a hospital where some of the wounded pro-russians are being treated. we were told the fight is far from over before armed men forced us out. this is where those fleeing the fighting are coming. the town feels far from the frontline, but people are still anxious. many of the people we spoke too to didn't want to speak on camera fearing if they did they may become a targ

the fight in the east will continue until ukranian troops withdraw. >>> kim vinnell in donetsk. spoke to an associate professor of international affairs at the new school in new york. the professor said petero poroshenko must put forward a plan. >> he must put forward a roadmap. we haven't seen it. hopefully within the first week he'll say something and explain hue he will deal with it. yesterday he met with vladimir putin for a brief time, but there was good step forward because it is very important to have russia on his side if he does want to solve the problem. we - those of us asking ukrainian and russia are hopeful. >> ukraine will be a western country it has to be stratagicly planned. ukraine's president has an opportunity to prove - he is different from his predecessors. it is something that he winter games in his goal. he has the benefit of the the doubt. soon he'll be judged by his performance. >> tonight more than 50 people are dead after a wave of car bombings in iraq. officials say seven bombs went off near places like a cinema, a juice shop and a mosque. young peopl

kim very nel vinnell reports one continuing crisis. >> reporter: as long as there are streets to cleanhave worke work do ignore separs who have taken over their city. these are the people keeping it running. and despite claims this is now a people's republic, an independent nation, kiev continues to pave for all public services. the man running the city's utilities department says gunmen come and go, but there is not much he can do. >> translator: i can't say we couldn't closely with them, but we need to talk too them to insure a normal way of life for our city. unblocking of roads and opening of exists. >> reporter: she says tensions are still being paid but hopes this isn't the end of the story for her city. >> translator: i hope the vision of the people who live here will change. because separatists only take responsibility for some of the actions. >> reporter: just a few hours driveway, clashes continue between pro-russian separatists and the military. these videos can't be independently verified, but appear to show the aftermath of an tack on a manufacturing plant. one of at least

kim vinnell reports on a small city trying to deal with the influx of people. >> reporter: when this family fled they left with the clothes on their backs. they lived beneath a hill, a tactical position for fighters. when the house was shelled they knew it was time to leave. new they live in a soviet camp. >> we had to go away to this hovel to live. we left everything, our home, and for who do we do all of this? where do we go? >> translation: we left without a house, a job or money. >> reporter: 200 live in the camp, refugees from slovyansk. the city here agree it now lies in ruins. >> usually this is a holiday destination, with a population of 5,000, now 25,000 people are calling this place home. among them 1,000 children have been separated from their parents. 8-year-old yarislav told me his mother took him to the camp, dropped him off and went back to slovyansk. the children are housed and camps used for summer holidays. school-yard games keep them distracted. many find it difficult to forget what they have escaped. >> it was upreal. i was so squared. there were bombings, they we

the government he said was in the control of separatists. >> kim vinnell in luhansk. more than 150 attacks grass afghanistan. dozens were killed. about 7 million people we want to vote, a turn out of about 60%. already, allegations ofly fraud have surfaced. this report. voters began queueing in kabul. they could twiss two a world economist or abdullah abdullah a former foreign minister but for jamil doni is. h, it is about much more than choosing the country's next leader. >> as an afghan, i could see that this is the second leanly it mat leader we have experienced in the history of the country. and we hope and all after gangs hope that we would have a bigger democracy. >> before the polls open, the attacks begin, first, rockets were fired at the capitol, kabul. fighting broke out in a number of provinces. several were injured. there were some reported deaths. by the time the polls closed, 150 attacks across the country were reported, 160,000 military and para military forces were deployed to keep voters safe. according to the interior minister, managed to deflect mos

we will get more from kim vinnell in donetsk. >> they video can't be scomplvshing verified but intends to show a tank, the interior minister said crossed over from russia. the they say 2 are under attack by ukrainian troops. separatists, however, say they seized the tanks from a warehouse and say they haven't received any help from moscow. kiev hasn't accused the kremlin for sending the tanks. separatists say kiev is the agressor. >> our government calls us terrorists and separatists, but now, they brought tanks, aviation, self-propelled art 'til ery weapons, more than one and a half thousand people. today and tomorrow were preparing to storm this town. people are walking around. we are here to protect our family. >> ukraine has thrown all of its military might behind it's bid to regain control from pro-russian separatists. the first townvanian tools have successfully taken over, the region's military commander told us morale is high. >> translator: during our actions again terrorists in most of the districts, the town was recaptured from bandits, scound realized -- let's call them mon

he says the fight in the east will continue until ukrainian troops withdraw. >> kim vinnell reporting. >>> earlier, i spoke with nina kruscheva at a news school here in new york. she said the new president must explain how he proposes to deal with the crisis in the east. >> the first order of business would be to provide a roadmap how to survive the crisis. we haven't seen that world map. hopefully within the first week he will explain how he is going to deal with it. yesterday, he already med with vladimir putin for a brief time. >> was a good step forward because it is very important to have russia on his side if he does want to solve the problem. so we, those of us who observe ukraine and russia are hopeful at the most. >> she said the u.s. can play a long term role in ukraine by pushing for more diplomacy with russia and not less. >> a deadly day in iraq as a rash of car bombs explode around baghdad. police and hospital officials say at least eight people were killed and at least five car bombs mostly in shiia districts. in one, they claim billiards were targeted. dozens of studen

kim vinnell reports from the ukranian city of luhansk. >> reporter: pro-russian separatists claimed responsibility for an attack on a ukranian military transport jet. all 49 on board were killed. a spokesman says claims that information was leaked about the time and location of the plane's landing will be investigated. ukranian authorities making clear where they believe the weapons to shoot down the plane came from. >> translation: we are talking about russian weaponry, there are reports that weapons used by rebels have russian roots. i'll have evidence, pictures, approving that russians are using weapons on the territory. >> petro porashenko says those responsible will be brought to justice. today the ukranian army went on the counteroffensive for the first time and the armed forces started to drive the terrorists away. i gave the armed forces a priority, to bring under control the ukranian border through which the ukrainians are bringing weapons, eenforcements -- reinforcements and funny. on the road to luhansk, the bod yes of three prospristists trying to avoid an advance. >>> the ukranian mil

al jazeera's kim vinnell is there. >> reporter: probe russian separatists claimed responsibility for an attack on a ukraineian transport yet. all 49 people on board were killed. a defense ministry spokesman claims information was leaked about the time and location of the plane's attempted landing will be investigated. ukrainian authorities making career where they believe the weapons used to shoot down the plane came from. >> >> translator: we are talking about russian weaponry. there are lots of reports indicating weapons used by rebels on john boehnerian territory haveh russian roots. pictures that they are using weapons on the that you are tory. >> porono says those symbol will be brought to justice and sunday will be a national day of mourning. separatists meanwhile are also suffering losses. on the road to luhansk, three bodies of those trying to avoid a military advance, ukraine engineer soldiers retook the area launching one airstrike on a check point before ground troops moved in. the ukrainian military are in control of the check point now but they say there was a battle her

let's get the late forest kim vinnell, who is close to donetsk. what more do we know about the incident, kim? . >> i can tell you it was an il-76 military transport plane carrying military personal and supplies, going in as part of a rotation into the donetsk airport. we understand 49 have been killed much the plane was shot down last night. i can bring you breaking news now - the ukranian military has started launching air strikes on checkpoints in luhansk, and attacking a military base in the region, taken over by pro-russian separatists. a dangerous development. separatists in luhansk are in control of the city, taking control of two nard base, and had -- national guard base and have checkpoints in the city. they say they'll meet the attack with everything they have. it's not an easy task to bring down a plane of this size. the defense minterry says there's heavy artillery, anti-aircraft. this will play out in the coming hours. we'll hear strong words from kiev. >> you have been reporting from the area in the past few weeks. the tension is palpa

kim vinnell reports from donetsk. >> slovyansk is a city under siege. al jazeera cannot independently verify the video. it claims to show residential areas coming under fire. doctors tell us that civilians are among the wounded. inside the city goodbyes are a reminder of human costs. parents were left behind as they were evacuated to safety. the ukranian military launched a major offensive to regain control of slovyansk and the vouching villages. we found a hospital where wounded separatists are being treated. armed men stormed the building. a doctor who didn't want to be identified showed us through the building. he told us it's difficult to get medical supplies coming from russia. >> supplies are easy to get, but hard to get across the russian border. they can wait at the border. >> a few streets away separatist fighters are on alert for military assault. >> pro-russian separatists man check point on main roads in and out of donetsk. sporadically enforcing a curfew and a sense of lawlessness reigns. >> ballet claefas and military fatigues are an ordin

from donetsk kim vinnell sent this report. >> reporter: this video can't be independently verified but claims to show a tank in the ukranian si. this tank crossed over from russia. all up, three russians tanks are on ukranian territory, two are under attack by ukranian troops. separatists say they seized the tanks from a warehouse and haven't received help from moscow. kiev has not accused the kremlin of sending the tanks. russia is being blamed for failing to tighten border controls. separatists say kiev is the aggressor. >> our government calls us terrorists and separatists. they have bought tanks, aviation, self-propelled, artillery weapons, today or tomorrow they were preparing to storm the town. people are walking around. we are here to protect our families. >> reporter: ukraine has thrown military right behind a bid to contain control. the first town ukranian troops have taken over, the military commander told us morale was high. >> translation: in most distribute the town was recaptured from bandits, scoundrels - let's call them monsters. the army has work to do. slovyansk is sh

kim vinnell reports from a smaller city trying to deal with the influx. >> when they fled, they left with the clothes on their back. they lived beneath a tactical position for separatist fighters. when their house was shelled, they knew it was time to leave. now they live in a soviet camp. >> translation: we had to go away to this place, to this hovel to live. we left everything, our home we built up. how do we do this, where do we go? >> translation: we are left without a house, a job, money. >> reporter: 200 people live in the camp, all refugees. the city here agree now lies in ruins. this is usually a holiday destination with a population of 5,000. now almost 25,000 people are calling this place home. among them 1,000 children have been separated from their parents for a chance to escape the violence. 8-year-old jarislav told me his mother tyke him to the -- took him to the camp, dropped him off and went back to slovyansk. the children are used in empty camps usually used for summer holidays. games keep them distracted. many like this 16-year-old find it difficult to forget what t

as kim vinnell reports, civilians have been caught in the middle of the fighting. >> reporter: oxana had been here a few days visiting his father when the house was hit. this woman was asleep in the front room, waking to shelling. >> translation: i heard an explosion. there was fire, gas, smoke. i couldn't see anything. i jumped out of bed with one thought - how is my father? oxana's 80-year-old father was shaken but safe. he is living in the rubble of a life-time of memories and a home he built himself, one he is refusing to leave. >> where will i go from my own house. i will die here. >> ivan and ochlana believe it was ukranian soldiers that attacked them, but can't say. officially the military says it was not them. shelling in the border town appears indiscriminate with businesses targeted. >> this was a general goods store selling safety pins, cut larry, hair ties, that thing. the people are divided over what happened and who was responsible. they know that in the middle of the night they came down to the central market to find several buildings were on fire. >> across the market

kim vinnell reports. >> reporter: here in luhansk, many support the pro-russian separatists. behind me is a sign that says, "no fascism here." that has been put up by the sep are thetists. on sunday, the govern of the u luhansk reported heavy losses on the separate separatist side, he said more than 100 people were killed to the north of luhansk. he didn't clarify how many were fighters or civilians. we must take into account the announcement comes a day after separatists shat down a ukrainian military transport plane killing all 49 people on board. the streets here are somewhat quieter than they usually are. this is usually a very busy road, a main road. it's clear people here are expecting some sort of military attack in the coming days. >> meantime, ukraine says it expects to resume talks with russia tonight hoping to end a dispute over natural gas payments. russian gas exporter gazprom has given ukraine until monday to pay part of it's nearly $2 billion debt. otherwise the gas will get cut off which could disrupt the gas free to the entire european union since some come t

kim vinnell is on the ground with the latest. >> reporter: i think the mood hafs changed -- has changed say this past week has been a turning point. i think what we have seen is people in donetsk are becoming more fearful. all the fighting had been further out in slovyansk, and kramatorsk, a few hours dive. since the siege -- drive. signs the siege at the airport, dozens were killed. the separatists are in control of the city administration building, for many, up until this week, they have been able to go about their lives. this rally is an attempt to jrpt support by the people of donetsk and to strengthen their resolve for more autonomy. >>> tomorrow in a cairo court throw of our al jazeera colleagues are due to appear, charged with aiding muslim brotherhood. garm have been relied -- peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been held in gaol for 155 days. >> reporter: this is an all-too familiar scope, al jazeera journalists in court. they are not the only ones. >> they shut down the tv station, raided the offices of media outlets. detained more than 65 journalists in j

kim vinnell reports. >> reporter: left to deal with a war these people say is not their own.s is the aftermath of a fierce battle between ukrainian troops and pro-russian separatists. fighters had been holed up in this central city building until the early hours of the morning when ukrainian troops moved in. >> translator: first shooting with guns [ inaudible ] and after that i don't know how many shots were fired. the sound was so deafening windows shattered. >> reporter: we're told the separatist base is just a few blocks from here. we're still hearing sporadic gunfire, but locals are just going about life as normal. as the shots rang louder, however, scared residents took cover. children tentatively looking out at the men taking over their cities. some soldiers were wounded and 30 separatists were detained. they had only pockets of pro-russian fighters who nearly managed to take full control. >> translator: what am i feeling? of course here. i was worried. we don't know what was happening. some supported the men in black. others supported the other side. we don't know who

kim vinnell reports. >> reporter: ukraine's gas tap has officially been turned off. failed to solve a price dispute that has been bubbling away for months. ukraine's interim prime minister is accusing russia of using gas to destabilize the country. >> translator: it's absolutely clear that yesterday's behavior of gas pram is an attempt to put economic pressure on our country. >> reporter: kiev cried foul, calling it political pay back after street protests in february ousted moscow backed president, viktor yanukovych. but moscow says they had been paying well below market rate, and says now all gas must be paid for in advance. >> translator: in full accordance with the contract, the decision was taken, and today from 10:00 in the morning mass cow time, they will receive gas according to the paid volume. as of now no payments were paid. on all of the graphs we see zeros, so today nafta gas receives gas according to the paid volumes. >> reporter: kiev says it has enough gas to last until december, but they are warning there should be shortages in the coldest winter mon

. >> kim vinnell reporting. i spoke to nina, an associate professor at international affairs at a school in new york. she said the new president must put forward a plan to deal with rebels in the east. >> the first order of business is to provide a roadmap to solve the crisis. we haven't seen the world map. hopefully within the first week he will say something and explain how he's going to deal with that. yesterday he did that with vladimir putin. that was a good step forward. it is important to have russia on his side if he does want to solve the problem. so we - those of us observing ukraine and russia are hopeful. >> i think ukraine is going to be a western country. it will be strategically planned on ukraine, and the president now has a great opportunity to prove that he's different from his predecessors. the transparency is something that he welcomes and is going to stand by. now he got the benefit of the doubt, but soon he will be judged by his performance. >> the u.s. can play a long-term role in the regi

. >> kim vinnell joins us from donetsk. frightened residence that talking to. what happened there at the moment? >> we heard that the battle was occurring in the military. they came out last night and said the region north of conesque had been cleared of spraetists that appeared not to be the case: 300 separatists were killed in the battle yesterday. a serious situation. we were in slovyansk yesterday. we got as close to the city as we could. we were not allowed past many, because we were told it was too dangero dangerous, that snipers were there. a statement may be made this afternoon. with all the developments that are hopping. we mentioned events in luhansk, where it appeared the military ran out of ammunition, are they trying to explain that or not said anything about it yet. have eight yfg. we haven't heard an official stons. all of the government officials that we called to get comment. there's nothing to say right now. in luhansk we heard the border guard and national guard are keen to have help which appears not to have eventuated. >> in the news ahead.

let's go live to kim vinnell, near the crash site. what do we know about the incident with the transport plane? >> well, this happened overnight. it happened in il 76 military plane, we know they were carrying military personal, and we are told that it was carrying supplies going in to rotate the personal out from the airport and the military base. what we no about luhansk, is this region is in the control of separatists, and they came and took over two national guard bases. the airport was the last major site that the troops had control of. >> this morning and last night is the ukranian military launched an air strike outside of luhansk. i'm outside. a battle is taking place there. the air strike - we know ground troops are here, we had some of them a few minutes ago come and speak to us on the road in. >> separatists are ability to attack the military plane. they'll have to work out how to support the troops in the east as it tries to wrestle back the land in the area. >> i think that's right. i mean, in the past few days we had the

our correspondent kim vinnell is in donetsk. she has the latest on the reaction there to president poroshenko's inauguration. >> so far, it appears that the donetsk people's republic is rejecting the offers laid out by new president petro poroshenko for greater autonomy. a founder told us he didn't listen to the inauguration speech because the words of a president which is not his own don't matter to him. >> gives us some idea what we are likely to see from the donetsk people's republic going forward. in terms of trying to negotiate with the separatists in the east, i think poroshenko will have a very difficult time because there is increasingly infighting among the sections, the liberation armies, the russian orthodox army, but, of course, the separatist fightings are coming under increasing pressure, being squeezed by the cra careenian military. >> let's go to iraq where a siege is currently underway. armed men have stormed the university in ramadi taking staff and students hostage. in northern iraq a number of districts aroun

we can go live now to the eastern city of donetsk and al jazeera's kim vinnell. tell us more about the plan, whatport poroshenko was discussing with vladimir putin. >> well, speaking in kiev, president poroshenko said a unilateral ceasefire would begin shortly. he didn't elaborate on whether that might be in the coming hours or in the coming days. but he did say that this will be the first part of a 14 point peace plan. it's not clear right now what, if any, prerequisites there will be before the ceasefire will begin. president poroshenko said on monday he wanted the border with russia to be in ukrainian control, complete ukrainian control room before any ceasefire would begin and just in the past half hour, a spokesperson for the government's anti-terrorism operation has come out and said he would like the positions of separatists in terms of their willingness to go through any sort of peaceful negotiation, he would like that to be defined before a ceasefire is put in place. separatists so far are dismissing this idea of a ceasefire but president poroshenko appe

kim vinnell reports from the heart of the resistentions in donetsk. >> people are here are dove i'dedhether petro poroshenko can create any real change in the east. many people have, for a long time, felt alienated by kiev. the donetsk's people's republic say it's already an independent country and the chairman dismissing it poroshenko's offer to hold local elections in the region. >> the presidential elections here, there were no elections of poroshenko. what local elections are we talking about? yet again, he is throwing around works and making promises he can't keep. >> he says the donetsk's people's republic is already in talks about becoming part of the russian federation and he says he is continuing to ask russia for a peacekeeping force to come across the border. he says the fight in the east will continue until ukrainian troops withdraw. >> now nina kruscheva of international affairs at the new scol here in new york. good to see you. we have a new president dealing with the same ol' problems. how does he deal with such a fragmented country? >> that's his big challenge. he said

. >>> kim vinnell joining us live from luhansk. thank you for being with us. >>> before the military plane was shot down, ukraine's government confirmed 270 died in the east since the government started anti-terror operations. 45 people in luhansk, and 200 in donetsk. according to the government two children were killed. doctors, two hours east, are struggling to treat those injured in the conflict. we are shown what life is like in the east. >> reporter: we are on the road from the city of donetsk to the front line, through a maize of separatist checkpoints, as the ukrainian army closes in, anxiety yits are growing. here in this town people live against a backdrop of war. we are shown the only functioning hospital, where civilians and separatist soldiers injured in the fighting are being treated. >> translation: a tank fired a shell. i was hit. my friend was badly injured. >>> this man has a large piece of shrapnel in his lower back. the doctor hopes to remove it. the procedure could leave the man paralyzed. here, in the midst of

that was kim vinnell reporting from donetsk. the u.s. says that russia is providing russia with weapons, and they deny the claim. >>> now that bowe bergdahl is back on u.s. soil the army is starting a new investigation in why he left his post. according to the "new york times", a 2-star general will determine if bowe bergdahl violated any rules. the general is expected to receive an initial briefing in washington next week, then he'll assemble a staff in texas. the team will debrief with bowe bergdahl as he undergoes counselling and therapy in a san antonio hospital. polls in afghanistan are expected to close. afghans are voting for a man that will become the next president. the run-off election marks the first transition in afghanistan gan's history. they are defying threats from the taliban to cast their vote. >> before polls open there's a rocket attack in the capital kabul. after polls opened there were further rocket attacks in other provinces. polling stations kale under fire -- came under fire. we understand people were injured. o