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Territories. and that in the past has spent -- spelled out civil war for this country. so in order to prevent a taliban takeover, you could see this country spilling into civil war. but for now, the taliban continue to have momentum as these different factions try to get some sort of counter offensive underway and the afghan national army continues to break apart. there is still one unit that is fighting the afghan commandos which is an elite special forces unit. it has 30,000 members. also is s...

And surrendering its weapons. the afghan government is relying on their elite special forces the commandos. theyre motivated and effective but a small force, only about 30,000. the president also delivering this message to the thousands of afghans who worked as interpreters and contractors for the u.s. troops. the taliban considers them traitors. >> theres a home for you in the united states. >> reporter: but when? president biden was asked about the fate of the afghan women. >> they are very co...

The latest headlines: englands footballers are in theirfirst majorfinal in 55 years after beating denmark at wembley. south africas former presidents jacob zumas handed himself in to serve a 15—month term for contempt of court. it is another major escalation in afghanistan — the taliban launching a sustained assault on a provincial capital, in the west of the country. fierce fighting erupted in the capital of bard—giss province. the governor said the enemy had entered the city and some dis...

The country. we know that theyre -- they have claimed more than 160 districts, particularly in the north, bordering iran. bordering the -- the -- the central -- central asian countries. it really has been alarming. the speed, at which the taliban have been taking over. and, of course, theres a propaganda war underway, as well. that -- thats feeding into that fear. but as we heard from president biden, he said that the afghan-national forces are capable to -- to fight back. and look. we are seein...

By americans, but by people around the world? >> reporter: afghanistan is already back at war. its back at war with the taliban, but unfortunately its mostly a one-sided war. the taliban is making advances. the afghan security forces, except for two real divisions, the afghan air force, and the commandos. the other divisions seem to be falling apart. with half-harded resistance. its been mostly small towns and villages, but over the last 24 hours, theres been fighting in a provincial capital. th...

It is mainly in the north and northeast, but it is getting closer and closer to kabul. the threat to the capital where we are is real. however, as you heard the president say, this is now a country that has a security force of 300,000 troops, police as well as military. among these military are commandos and special forces and, of course, an air force. in fact, victor and alisyn, we were at kabul air base today, speaking to those who control this air force. look, it is not the american air force...

It is another major escalation in afghanistan — the taliban launching a sustained assault on a provincial capital, in the west of the country. fierce fighting erupted in the capital of bardgiss province — the governor saying the enemy has entered the city — some districts have fallen. afg hanistan�*s defence miniter said that "war is raging" with the taliban. secunder kermani reports. a taliban fighter poses for the camera. these are government soldiers and commandos he says and you can ...

Breaking in, shooting and killing the 53-year-old head of state. today, the driveway still covered in shell casings. a neighbor says there was such a barrage of gunfire, it felt like an earthquake. haitis ambassador to the u.s. described the assassins as armed commandos and spoke spanish and english and presented themselves as american d.e.a. agents. >> it was a well-orchestrated attack. we are talking about mercenaries, foreign mercenaries. >> reporter: authorities declaring a "state of siege,"...

Is that whats happening now? >> reporter: that was incredible footage. it looks like the provincial capital had fallen to the taliban. as you said, they released hundreds of taliban prisoners. you could hear them being cheered as they rode their motor bikes through the streets. we have heard from the ministry of defense. they said the afghan air force has launched air strikes around the provincial capital and sent in commandos as well, pushing back the taliban. they say they have now reclaimed t...

But this is the first time they have attempted a take over of a provincial capital. so this currently is how it looks on the ground, the dark grey areas are the districts the taleban has taken, red the contested areas, the light grey areas are still under government control. and there is qala e naw in the north west corner. now what is interesting about this map is that theyve made significant gains in those northern regions of agfhanistan which were previously strongholds of the us—allied gro...