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Here is his assessment of why there has been such a delay in the taliban forming a government. so the fall of kabul came as a surprise even to the taliban themselves. the plan looked like they would surround kabul, they put enough pressure on the afghan regime, the republic would then hand over or discuss the transition of power. with the president fleeing and everything caving in on itself, that meant the taliban had to resume leadership role much sooner than they thought they would, which mean...

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The warnings he was given by allies and military top brass a over estimated the power of afghan forces and the _ estimated the power of afghan forces and the speed with which the taliban could advance and you have had diplomats — could advance and you have had diplomats being ferried to the airport — diplomats being ferried to the airport. diplomats being told the shred _ airport. diplomats being told the shred documents. not quite the fall of saigon, _ shred documents. not quite the fall of...

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Wisconsin, northwest illinois, southeastern minnesota. we could have some big thunderstorms with gusty winds, hail and lightning well down all the way into texas and louisiana by tonight. tomorrow, it looks like the emphasis will shift mainly back to the south as the front kind of stalls out here. but from chattanooga, tennessee to birmingham, new orleans, houston to the coastal bend of texas. thats where we could see some strong thunderstorms. but again, it doesnt look like a big tornado threat...

Weather.com on the weather channel. breaking news in afghanistan, the u.s. embassy is on lockdown after a series of attacks today in the capital of kabul. taliban militants are claim responsibility for the coordinated attacks. shelling and gunfire have been heard near the american and british embassies, the nato bases as well as the afghan parliament and president hamid karzais palace. we want to take you live to kabul and nbc news senior producer, sohel uddin to update us on whats going on. w...

Have been a month planning this. and are going to continue with this attack. thomas? >> sohel, tell us yut side kabul, there are reports of turbulence elsewhere throughout afghanistan. >> reporter: yes, in three provinces that surround kabul, very close to kabul, and this all part of this campaign. this offensive. those attacks are related to todays attacks. and the taliban have claimed responsibility for those attacks. too together with the ones in kabul. except the ones in kabul continue as we...

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Kabul to explain us. suhail, brings unto speed. >> reporter: the fighting is still going on as we speak. there was fighting around the around the surrounding provinces of kabul. that seems to be over there are still attackers at large around this complex area. now, where the they targeted so far, three embassies being the u.s., the uk and the german embassies. now this, and also the parliament and the nato bases are all in the same sort of area. so this is like the hub of western official busine...