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Show you. in that video, you see this happening. is there anything that gives you question about what that video shows there, the video itself, in addition to the witnesses you spoke to? >> i have no doubt in my mind that what we saw is what happened. we have seen two versions of this video. we have spoken to the father of one of those commandos and he showed me the video, he showed me which one of those dead bodies was his son. this was a commando who was educated in the united states, who had ...

Fake, that this is government propaganda. they published a statement in multiple languages after the story went to air, saying that this was false, they have never executed commandos who were surrendering. so, for the record, we need to let everyone know that we interviewed five eyewitnesses in that district where that massacre took place. these were interviews on video. these people spoke to us, saying that they saw what the taliban did. they saw these commandos surrender. they saw them with th...

Graphic. anna coren live in kabul this morning. so whats the taliban saying, anna, about what we just saw there? >> reporter: yeah, john, the taliban is on a pr offensive to try to discredit our reporting, saying that the footage is fake, that this is government propaganda. we contacted them before the report went to air, but after our story was published, they said that this was just false. they issued a statement in various languages saying that they have never executed commandos who had surre...

Some of the video were about to show you is disturbing. new this morning, the taliban denies its fighters executed 22 unarmed afghan commandos who were trying to surrender. even though the slaughter was caught on video. the incident is emblematic of issues that could playing afghanistan. >> anna coren is live for us. how can the taliban deny what the world can clearly see for itself? >> reporter: yeah, the taliban certainly on a pr offensive to discredit us and our reporting. we contacted the ta...

Police. the biden administration has called on the cuban government to let the protests continue. but the cuban government says they will do whatever it takes to safeguard their revolution. >> im david mckenzie, the people you see behind me are private citizens trying to protect from leaders after several days of unrest in two parts of the country where more than 70 people were killed and many structures destroyed. they say they exchanged fire with potential -- these are overnight. the military ...

Worked with the americans and are absolutely stoked that they are going to be leaving this war-ravaged country. to stay behind they know their lives are at risk. for everyone left behind, there is a sense of fear, of panic, of abandonment. every single afghan you talk to discussing their exit strategy out of here. and that fear increased by what is happening on the battlefield. just today, the taliban took a major border crossing between afghanistan and pakistan. they are now in control of most ...

Was government propaganda to scare troops in to surrendering. and since our story has gone to air, they have issued in multiple languages once again confirming that the footage is fake and that they have never executed commandos who surrendered. for the record, cnn spoke to five eyewitnesses on camera from this district. these people were in this market, they saw it happen, they saw the commandos surrender, they saw them put their arms in the air and they saw the taliban shoot them. these people...

About what they saw in that market in that province, and all of them said they saw the taliban pointing their guns at these commandos as they were surrendering, walking out with arms in the air and then the taliban shot them. these are people, john, who didnt have to speak to us. they are risking their lives by talking to us, speaking out against the taliban. the ministry of defense has said that these are war crimes, but its not the first time that the taliban has executed the military or innoc...

Americas longest war when he sent the troops into afghanistan following the september 11 attacks. this morning, for what its worth, the taliban is denying the alleged executions of 22 unarmed afghan commandos as they tried to surrender in june. this denial comes as cnn obtained video of those killings as they happened. the taliban claims the video is fake. we want to warn you, its alarming to watch. have a look. >> our anna coren joins us now from kabul. anna, your team was in touch. you were ...

But that doesnt end the danger of being pushed back. we have heard evidence of people who have got ashore and been discovered by the greek authorities, only to be taken back out to sea and pushed in the direction of turkey. without any due process. translation: then they put us on the bus and took- us to a military port, then put us in boats. it was around 8pm. there were police wearing dark blue and commandos covering their faces with masks. i could only see the eyes. they were armed with weapo...