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Afghan commandos who are very good at pushing back the taliban, but then afghan police, security forces, conventional army are often quite ramshackle when they come in afterwards and tend to fall apart when the insurgency moves in. then two, there is the comfortable deceit the u.s. has always lived with. that they created a strong and thriving afghan army that they could hand the country over to. most saw how the afghan military truly functioned over the last ten years and knew they didnt truly ...

It has forced nearly 300,000 afghans to flee their homes since january. in total more than 3.5 million have been displaced. and cnns nick paten walsh has reported from inside afghanistan for years now. he is tracking these latest moves by the taliban, and he joins us now live from london. good to see you, nick. so what is the latest on the taliban advances and how do we verify their claims? >> theres quite a lot of evidence they have since friday now taken five provincial capitals. as of friday ...

Faces. multiple law makers in albany county could call up the articles for impeachment in the coming weeks. afghanistan is sending in elite commandos to retake a city mostly lost to the taliban. what with you learn about the battle for kundus coming up. plus survivors demand justice on the anniversary of the deadly beirut portion e explosion. well share their stories after the break. stay with us. this is the sound of an asthma attack... that doesnt happen. this is the sound of better breath...

At usaa, weve been called too exclusive. because we only serve those who honorably served. all ranks, all branches, and their families. are we still exclusive? absolutely. and thats exactly why you should join. afghanistan may have lost two capitals to the taliban in one day. a local official says a city has been mostly overrun and hours ago most of kunduz has fallen to the militants. elite commandos were there to retake thore territory. clah c clarissa card filed this.

Government. many are concerned with how fast things have been moving in the past 72 hours. >> thank you for bringing us the latest there. and cnn correspondent clarissa ward has an exclusive report. >> reporter: on the road to kandahars front line, there is still civilian traffic. even as the taliban inches deep entire the city. afghan commandos have agreed to take to us one of their bases. >> this used to be a wedding hall. now it is the front line position. >> reporter: most of the fighting he...

Kunduz caps a bad 72 hours for the afghan government of the u.s. presence there over the last 20 years. hard really to understate that, phil. this is a seismic period of time and changes of territorial hands inside the country. the first major city to fall. weve seen it briefly fall to the taliban over the last six years and back then, u.s. air strikes and commandos in the afghan army would push in and keep the taliban out. they dont appear to have pulled that off in kunduz. since friday when th...

Because better protection costs a whole lot less. youre in good hands with allstate. click or call for a lower auto rate today. the taliban have taken their first major city since u.s. forces started withdrawing from afghanistan. local officials say kunduz is mostly under taliban control though commandos are fighting to take it back. nick peyton walsh is following this for us. you understand the dynamics there better than most. can you walk me through what this means for the entire situation r...

Maintain control. but kandahars half-million residents have few routes of escape and even fewer options. our clarissa ward takes us behind the front lines in the besieged city. >> reporter: on the road to kandahars front line, there is, still, civilian traffic even as the taliban inches deeper into the city. afghan commandos have agreed to take us to one of their bases. this used to be a wedding hall. now, its the frontline position. most of the fighting here happens at night. but taliban sniper...

Point. this comes just weeks after the pull out of u.s. troops from the country. in this exclusive report, cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward spoke to residents in afghanistans second largest city, where the taliban is closing? . >> reporter: thats right. phil, the situation in afghanistan is rapidly unraveling, which is why you see officials urging all americans to leave the country. this comes on the heels of the taliban takes control of two provincial capitals. this is a big ...

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