there's large numbers of kurdish peshmerga as they were close to the center, old buildings, isis kept a neatly tended lawn in their old district center and still at one point, a bullet flew officer our heads. that sparked a lot of commotion within the peshmerga. they fired back. seemed to be deeply concerned about the possibility of isis snipers hiding around the buildings. we later saw one of their own number, it seemed, being carried out injured. still a lot of volatility there. a swedish volunteer fighting with the peshmerga we spoke to said in fact he'd seen a number of barrels laden with explosives under the ground in some tunnel networks, potentially this has been suggested isis fighters are disguising themselves as peshmerga, hiding in theles. highing in the tunnels. this declaration, the town has, quote, been liberated is a huge