now laura taylor's going to be here in a few minutes with more on all these stories, including that, those 2 large explosions that have happened in the afghan capital capital. the 1st one happened outside the defense ministers house. we understand that he has not been injured, but there was gunfire following that explosion. you can get a lot more information of course on our website w, w, w dot 0 dot com. thanks for being with me. good bye, for now. i, in the us has withdrawn the majority of its troops from america, the longest war, leaving the battle for control. the african military be able to hold its ground against the taliban, and the afghans to help the american war effort relocated to the u. s. what is the future hold for that special coverage for now? i got a song on al jazeera. my name is my name is on my to my plan a view to brand, to that point we can usually just, we just grab it and i've only got mine on mine. i do on, i'll just use the crime that should japan or people get killed on one occasion in as bloody a massacre as this was, attracts a lot of report. there was ju

. ♪ laura: i'm lauren taylor. this is live from london.igh voter turnout across zambia as the country decides on its president. the polls say the election is too close to call. nearly 70 dead in algeria's fire emergency as the nation begins three days of morning. >> with three months to go but for the climate conference, i'm jonah hull and ended borrow -- in edinburgh. returning their attention toward the next big crisis of our time. ♪ lauren: hello. it has been a dramatic day and afghanistan where the taliban are capturing board major targets. the city of gaza me, three hours from the capital, and the taliban's most significant price so far, hereafter the country's third-largest city. now there is fighting in afghanistan's second city, kandahar. 11 capitals have fallen. the advance seems to be heading toward kabul. the u.k. and u.s. are dispatching troops to kabul to help pull out embassy staff and civilians. we begin our coverage with charlotte bellus. charlie: charlotte: we can confirm that herat has fallen. residents, we talked to half