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Pictures show the afghan army in heavy clashes. but now afghanistan is quite quickly watching helmand fall. the taliban are winning partly because of men hike these. this is a rare window into the afghan governments worst nightmare. soldiers from the afghan army, who america spent billions training, who say theyve defected and joined the taliban. theyre edgy, never dreamed they would change sides. >> i did 18 months of army training and took an oath to serve this country. but the situation chang...

All. we dragged him up step by step. we asked him how are you. he answered im okay. im okay. dont worry. all of us were very happy when we saw him sitting there. we knew that hes fine now. it was only scratches. we were all very happy. >> aisikaiers injuries are more than physical. in the days after the fall, aisikaiers confidence as a high-wire performer is rattled. but his trepidation doesnt last long. >> translator: i was still upset after i got back. so i tried out walking the tight rope. an...

But now afghanistan is quite quickly watching. the taliban are winning partly because of men like these. this is a rare window into the afghanistan governments worst nightmare. soldiers from the afghan army who say theyve defected and joined the taliban. they never dreamed theyd change sides. >> i did 18 months of army training and took and oath to serve this country, but the situation changed. the army let us down, so we had to come to the taliban who treat us like guests. >> reporter: i should...

It is $100 million project paid for by devout buddhist, rich and poor from around asia. now cynical capitalists would look at this and say, wow, what a brilliant tourist attraction but for the devout this is a culmination of 1200 year old prophecy. no matter what you believe, it is definitely proof that bhutan has arrived. when k4 just opened his land in the mid 70s they were lucky to get a few hundred tourists a year. now it is over 130,000. most of them jammed into four summer months putting b...

A high-wire performer takes on a challenge at staggering heights. that may be too daunting even more him. for him. 41-year-old aisikaier is a sixth generation performer. a master in the ancient chinese art of high-wire walking known as dowaze. he started training at the age of six and performs across his native china without a safety harness. >> translator: its not exciting if you put on a safety belt. no dowaze performer would use insurance methods. for those of us who walk the tight rope, if y...

Thinking of anything. as i landed i thought to myself when would i die? i didnt know whats down below. i couldnt see. i was blindfolded. i thought i was dead. >> with an unbelievable stroke of luck, he has fallen on to a cliff about 30 feet below. park manager luong gihong was watching nearby. >> translator: i thought my heart was going to pop out of my mouth. it was scary. if he had fallen earlier according to our survey of the area, if he fell before the cliff right to the bottom, thered be ab...

A monk, but other than that, nothing. for centuries it was their vatican, their white house, their war fortress combined. these stairs are so steep because when the tibetans would come to do battle in the 1600s, the fighting monks here could pull up the stairs behind them, shoot down at them. but for the last 300 years while all the other quaint kingdoms were con youred and colonized, bhutan was left alone, left alone to find their own way, to stroll down buddhisms middle path, not too rich, not...

A high-wire performer takes on a challenge at staggering heights. that may be too daunting even for him. 41-year-old aisikaier is a sixth generation performer. a master in the ancient chinese art of high-wire walking known as dowaze. he started training at the age of six and performs across his native china without a safety harness. >> translator: its not exciting if you put on a safety belt. no dowaze performer would use insurance methods. it loses its point if you do have one.

Taliban. they are that close. it used to be nato that shot from the positions near the vulnerable city. hundreds of americans and britains died many in the town where these pictures show the afghan army recently in heavy clashes. but now afghanistan is quite quickly washing the city fall.w because of men like these. soldiers from the afghan army who america spent billions training who say theyve defected and joined the taliban. theyre edgy. >> translator: i did 18 months of army training and too...

>> those with nerves of steel confront whats most petrifying. from dizzying heights to hair-raising creatures and insects. >> her house was infested. they were coming out of the coffee maker, the toaster, the microwaves, the ovens, the stoves. crawling out of every crack and crevice. [ screaming ] a washing machine locks trapping a baby inside. and each passing second brings him closer to a dangerous spin cycle. may 11, 2012. at the federal laundromat in new jersey, a babysitter sorts laundry ...