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Still tense among afghan security forces in can do is even after authorities announced the army had stopped the talibans advance the fighting on the outskirts of the city continued until the evening many injured civilians and government soldiers were treated in hospital. but taliban surrounded the unit i radioed for reinforcement but the rockets that hit them. and some of my comrades to. the bloodshed in couldnt just begun just hours after the taliban announced a launch of their spring offensive...

>> jon: the taliban reportedly holding secret meetings with afghan government officials to discuss a possible cease-fire which could put an end to the wave of violence in that region and ultimately end the war. mike tobin live in our news bureau with that. >> despite new attacks a top u.s. military commander in afghanistan says members of the taliban have been secretly meeting with afghan government officials about a cease-fire. it gets confusing. april 25th the taliban declared their spring off...

Afghan troops. at this point little else is known about that operation. in kandahar eight romanian soldiers were killed in a car bomb that left 11 children dead at a nearby school and a bbc reporter was shot and killed. u.s. and afghan forces have ramped up strikes against the taliban and isis and remain strong. taliban fighters are openly active in three quarters of the country. they announced the beginning of their spring offensive and said they will specifically target u.s. forces in the coun...

Journalists arrived on the scene. walked amongst them and blew himself up targeting them specifically. yesterday in eastern afghanistan, one u.s. soldier was killed. that was along with several other afghan troops in a combat operation. little else is known. in kandahar, eight romanian soldiers assigned to nato were killed in a car bomb. that same car bomb left 11 children dead at a school. and in khost, a bbc reporter was shot and killed as well. u.s. and afghan forces ramped up atacks and airs...

And a bbc reporter was also shot and killed. u.s. and afghanistan forces have ramped up attacks. just last week, the taliban announced the start of their spring offensive now that the weather is changing. theyve said they will target u.s. troops specifically. we know the u.s. is beefing up their presence sending over hardware from iraq and syria. expect the coming months to be bloody to say the least. jon? >> jon: thanks, benjamin. >> julie: the deadly attacks more proof that the war in afghanis...

Calling the incident, quote, savage bombing. >> sandra: this was not the only attack today in afghanistan. another claimed the lives of children. what more do we know about that? >> thats right. in the city of kandahar there was another suicide bomber launching an attack targeting a nato convoy. the blast killed 11 children from a nearby religious school. 16 people were also wounded including eight nato soldiers from romania. none of the injured are american. the taliban are suspected of carryin...

Its increasingly appearing that kabul is under siege from the taliban and increasingly so from isis despite the trump administration stepping up efforts in that country. >> well, that might be related. afghanistan is no stranger to violence, but it is unusual to see this during the winter months. the so-called fighting season is the springtime when the taliban launched their annual spring offensive. instead we saw these stepped up attacks, packing an ambulance full of explosives is one example. ...

The obama administration never supplied these types of weapons to ukraine. >> these weapons the russians are complaining about are the javelin anti-tank mission. we have given lots of small arms and automatic weapons to ukraine. these weapons are deadly on tanks and russians and their proxies like to use tanks. if theres a spring offensive, these weapons are deadly. it goes to as high as 500 feet and then drops down and attacks the tank from the top where the armor is the thinnest. the russians ...

National mourning with the flag flown at half staff. relatives of victims were also at the base trying to locate the bodies of loved ones for burial. and in an e-mail to journalists, the taliban laid out the motive for this attack. they said it was in retaliation for the death of a taliban governor in another province. their e-mail to journalists also had an ominous warning, said there would be other attacks targeting the military and police and warped of, quote -- and warned of, quote: operatio...

It was a tremendous shock. >> we have known for several months now that the communist planned a massive, winter-spring offensive. we do not think that our military operations are going to be at all materially affected. >> he was unable to be honest with the american people, because, of course, he was unwilling to simply say, this is an unwinnable war. >> cronkites vietnam report, reel one, take four. >> these ruins are in saigon, capital of the largest city of south vietnam. >> when he went to v...