street vendor mahmed ismail says they fled the village of of malejad after an airstrike hit. three dead bodies were rotting outside our home for days but it was too dangerous to get them, he says. the talent is attacking on one side. the government is attacking the other side. in the middle we are just losing. back at the base dust coats the chairs where wedding guests would normally sit. as the siege of kandahar continues, life here is in limbo with no end in sight. clarissa, the taliban has marched through a large section of the country. what do we know about how much additional territory the taliban is claiming? reporter: well, today there was another grim milestone, jim. they took zaranj which is the provincial capital in nimraz. this is the first provincial capital that the taliban has
but still, it gets closer and closer. last night i didn t sleep all night, she says. and the fear was in my heart. in the short time we are there more families arrive. street vendor mahmed ismail says they fled the village of malejad after an airstrike hit. three dead bodies were rotting outside our home for days but it was too dangerous to get them, he says. the talent is attacking on one side. the government is attacking the other side. in the middle we are just losing. back at the base dust coats the chairs where wedding guests would normally sit. as the siege of kandahar continues, life here is in limbo with no end in sight. clarissa, the taliban has marched through a large section of the country. what do we know about how much additional territory the taliban is claiming?