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To even think about it. >> it is, indeed, heartbreaking to watch. spencer, you point out in your piece today that the taliban offered terms of surrender in 2001 but then defense secretary donald rumsfeld turned them down. how and why have we missed so many opportunities to end this war much earlier and in a less bloody way? >> history of the afghanistan war is going to be a lengthy history, not just of missed opportunities, not just of misconceptions, but of almost world historical hubris. the i...

There had been speculation yesterday, even this morning, that perhaps he would announce his resignation. that certainly doesnt seem to be the case. it but what is also missing for the moment at least it but what is also missing for the moment at least from the public debate is any kind of real indication of what president ashraf ghani and his team can do to reverse the situation. the more and more people look at the way things are developing here in afghanistan, the governments position is seemi...

Is any real indication of what president ghani and his team can do to reverse the situation. the more and more people look at the way things are developing here, the governments position seems to be increasingly untenable. the taliban are taking control of another city, just a short distance away from kabul, earlier today, and many fear it is only a matter of time before they eventually push in on kabul. for the moment, my sources tell me that the taliban want to wait, they want to see if kabul ...

Meters below the surface, about a mile and a half down. it does really glide. >> that is not nemo, for ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> dokoupil: tonight, the taliban closes in on afghanistans capital, now just 50 miles from kabul as u.s. troops arrive to evacuate some embassy personnel. supply lines to kabul are blocked, afghan troops surrender, some executed. >> we are certainly concerned by the speed with which the taliban has moved. >> dokoupil: the threat to the u.s.: we asked for...

Called for air support and backup and it is not arriving. the same troops are hearing that in areas where they fight the taliban hard and dont give up, everyone gets slaughtered, tortured, but in areas where they give up and agree to some negotiated surrender, those soldiers get to change to civilian clothes, sometimes have to join the taliban, but live to fight another day. >> another way in which the taliban gets the upper hand. pentagon spokesperson said yesterday that he doesnt believe kabul...

Prisons, for example. what are you hearing about -- are they truly gaining strength with each conquering? >> well, what happens is two things when they take over. first is they incarcerate or kill those who are resisting. those who surrender, they are very selective, but they add them to their ranks depending on who they are and what roles they played in the afghan army. so the general result is that the taliban has taken over areas that have become extremely placid under their control for the m...

That certainly doesnt seem to be the case. but what is also missing for the moment at least from the public debate is any kind of real indication of what president ashraf ghani and his team can do to reverse the situation. the more and more people look at the way things are developing here in afghanistan, the governments position is seeming to be increasingly untenable. the taliban taking control of another city just a short distance away from kabul earlier today. many fear it is only a matter o...

But clearly, david, if you look at what the taliban has been doing, you can see they are trying to isolate kabul. wathey want to do if they achieve that isolation, only they can speak to. you can see -- to isolate kabul. not unlike how they operated in other parts of the country. being able to force surrender without necessarily much bloodshed. again, i cant speak for what their intentions are. what i can tell you is we are taking the situation seriously. thats one of the reasons we are moving f...

Im kim blrunhuber. were following breaking news out of afghanistan where taliban fighters have claimed two of their biggest prizes yet, the countrys second largest city kandahar and the capital of helmand province lashkar gah. cnn cant confirm this and you had then discity, but taliban fighters claim that they seized hundreds of weapons, vehicles and ammunition. afghan forces appear to either surrender or flee. so the taliban now control 14 provincial capitals, harat, the third largest city fe...

There is also an element here of very low moral among afghan forces. problems with low pay, supply, and the organization of the defense forces themselves. also a problem with just risk to personal safety. concerns that if they dont lay down their pardon mes and surrender, there have been some extrajudicial killings. there is a deep fear that they werent going to be able to carry out the fighting for taliban partly because they were not supplied properly so they laid down their arms. there were c...