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And money and blood, sweat and tears training the afghan military. but it is nowhere near the strength that people think it is on paper, about 300,000, most of those have melted away, there are a few pockets of some really brave fighters there. but they are not going to be able to hold what i think is the inevitable fall of kabul. >> and you talk so much about the corruption that has been so hard to fight within the ranks, hard for cohesion when you have corruption. something america has been wo...

Among them, harat, the third largest city in the country. also, kandahar appears to be on the brink of falling. this would be a huge one. its a strategically important city. also the birthplace of the taliban, so it has a lot of symbolism behind it. because theyre seeing how quickly things are unraveling, the u.s. state department and pentagon now saying theyre going to be sending 3,000 u.s. troops in the next 24 to 48 hours. their mission is to simply help the withdrawal of u.s. embassy personn...

Three more provincial capitals have fallen to the taliban and they are putting pressure on kabul. the president decided this was the right thing and the right time to do it. a prudent decision to scope down, to reduce our civilian foot print in kabul, while we still have an environment where we can do that safely. so thats what the u.s. military is going to be doing. well be helping our state department colleagues get that foot print down to a smaller size. but we will not be eliminating our dip...

Obviously it is like the middle of the night where you are. but what is happened in the past 24 hours is so alarming to those of us here in the u.s., is it just as alarming and the sense of urgency and worry and what is the mood there on the ground? >> reporter: there is definitely a growing sense of dread and a sense of panic. that this is real. this is happening. for harat to fall, the third biggest city in afghanistan, an important strategic city. for kandahar to be on the brink of falling. b...

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 falling as well. and there are real worries among citizens here about what is next. what is ...

And a half thousand troops to help their civilians leave. 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 c...

Kandahar all the time. now it looks like in the next 2a hours, it will fall to the taliban. for those of us who can remember the fall of the american backed south vietnamese government in saigon in 1975, this is so reminiscent of that. there is a momentum, a constant falling of the dominoes, if you like, towards the dominoes, if you like, towards the capital of the country. and then, the west in that case — its america now, america and britain — going in and they say theyll get the paratroop...

Fallen on the border with iran. the spiritual home is in the process of falling. how quickly this happened. 10 days ago the taliban doesnt control any capitols and today they control 10 and it might be 12 by the end of the today. >> thank you very much for that report. >> a fox news exclusive. an update to the story we brought you yesterday. a school board voted to approve a controversial transgender policy for students. this allows transgender students to compete in sports of the other gender a...

Public caution. although case loads are now ticking higher, hospital admissions have been falling, deaths are a fraction of the level seen in earlier phases of the pandemic. in other words, the u.k., other places have seen a major spike but that is really falling off as time goes on. is that what we are to look forward to? >> well, one would hope. i think its hard tokes trap plate from other countries experience. im a little concerned. when i saw the u.k. spike come down fairly quickly i was enc...

Surprised. they shouldnt have been. the taliban has been laying the ground work for this for months if not years. and i think that it is surprising that it is coming before the u.s. completes its withdraw, but even u.s. security and intelligence assessments have been telling us this is likely for months. >> so we got word today a tenth provincial capital possible falling. the afghan government has been trying to minimize the perception of these losses, claims that it can retake the districts. bu...