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Heres the latest from yogita limaye in kabul. we woke up talking about the fall of ghazni which is about 100 miles south of kabul, and we are ending the day with multiple provincial capitals falling to the taliban. many of them significant cities for the afghan government. herat, fiercely contested between the two sides but the afghan government was not able to hold onto it. staring at defeat in kandahar, the second largest city in this country, lashkar gah the capital of the helmand province fa...

Life. perhaps if you say that we couldve prevented 9/11, that is worse, h but outside of that, wl come of this? and what makes me so mad about this is that we have a man in the white house that told us just a week ago that nothing like this would happen? we have a man in the white house, leaders of our country that could not see this happening, the entire country pretty much falling in a matter of weeks? that was not something theyrgde could see it coming? those are the people that are going to ...

Dont know about it, but are some of the biggest strategic cities in afghanistan. >> thats right. the four big cities you worry about falling, kandahar, harat, kabul. two of those have fallen. one is under serious threat and the taliban are on the doorstep of the fourth. the situation deteriorated. whats critical for viewers to understand is how fast it has happened. you put up the map for what the taliban controlled in april. what they controlled a month ago or a week ago versus today is astonis...

And peter baker. admiral let me start with you. we said this was perhaps not surprising except for the pace. what do you make of whats happening as we speak in afghan? >> thats a good summary, especially on friday the 13th. it is a bad day for the government in kabul. staying with the baseball theme it feels like the ninth inning. think kandahar thats like los angeles falling. herat, thats chicago. these are big cities, big population centers. so i think you categorize it about right, willie, wh...

So the associated press out today with their list of important takeaways. number one is the shrinking white population. down for the first time ever in our history to 57.8%, the lowest on record, though they point out white people continue to be the most prevalent racial or ethnic group. the white house also became more urban. and, quote, phoenix was the fastest growing of the nations top ten cities. the number of children has declined. number of adults is up. the birth rate is falling, and we b...

American pullout appears to be accelerating from a country if not on the brink of collapse, its certainly falling. cl clarissa ward is on the ground in kabul. whats the latest you can tell us about the plans the u.s. government has put into motion about the american embassy? >> the situation is really going from bad to worse. 12 provincial capitals now under the control of the taliban. among them, harat, the third largest city in the country. also, kandahar appears to be on the brink of falling....

This is that we have a man in the white house that told us just a week ago that nothing like this would happen? we have a man in the white house, leaders of our country that could not see this happening, the entire country pretty much falling in a matter of weeks? that was not something they could see it coming? those are the people that are going to keep us safe that are in charge of our borders, in charge of the virus spreading across the country, people who couldnt see this happening, or did ...

Herat, fiercely contested between the two sides but the afghan government was not able to hold onto it. staring at defeat in kandahar, the second largest city in this country, lashkar gah the capital of the helmand province falling as well. and there are real worries among citizens here about what is next. what is the future of their capital, kabul? i see messages and social media from afghans talking about the last moments of freedom. but i think what happens here in the coming days will depend...

Fall of city hundred miles north of campbell and we are now talking about many falling to the taliban. many of them significant cities for the afghan government. herat, fiercely contested between the two sides but the afghan government was not able to hold onto it. staring at defeat in kandahar, the second largest city in this country, lashkar gah the capital of the helmand province falling as well. and there are real worries among citizens here about what is next. what is the future of their ca...

The day with multiple provincial capitals falling to the taliban. many of them significant cities for the afghan government. herat, fiercely contested between the two sides but the afghan government was not able to hold onto it. staring at defeat in kandahar, the second largest city in this country, lashkar gah the capital of the helmand province falling as well. and there are real worries among citizens here about what is next. what is the future of their capital, kabul? i see messages and soci...