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Listen to what he said here. >> it's unbelievable how that society changed from the brutality of the and now all of a sudden, sadly, i'm afraid afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm. >> is this a mistake? >> i think it is. >> generally yesterday we saw this video come out of forces executing, surrendering afghan commandos in a part of that country where the is quickly taking over. your thoughts about all of this as we see this unfold? >> the fact that president bush made that statement, you know as well as everybody in the country that he chooses not to be critical of cer...

An emboldened taliban launched offensives across the country. the militants have gone to great lengths to show they're accepting the surrender of afghan troops, but the pr effort is -- >> a week before the massacre, this video was taken of afghan special forces in the same district attempting a clearing operation. when that mission proved unsuccessful, the unit was called. >> translator: the taliban said when foreigners leave krrg they'll stop fighting and make peace. how long will they continue killing our brothers in the country. eyewitnesss say they did not understand the language spoken by...

The lives of their families. nbc's richard engel has been embedded with a group of afghan commandos. the sort of elite anti-taliban fighting force left there. they're fighting without u.s. support. he filed an incredible report from afghanistan about the kinds of actions they're engaging in to fight the taliban, to stop a full taliban takeover of that country but we've got on the home front afghan veterans in congress trying to make sure 2459 afghan helpers get out and needs to happen fast. we'll look at that tonight. we have a fascinating turn in the ransomware attack that hit this weekend an...

They have clearly lost the element of surprise so now it's a straight-up fight. wherever you can find it. they finally made it. this was their target. no idea what could be waiting inside. they look through the mosque's windows but the taliban are gone. they escaped? >> escaped. taliban escape. yes. >> the taliban haven't gone far. the commandos kill three of them in hiding and an afghan air strike kills three more. >> very good and successful for us. >> reporter: is it enough? the taliban are making rapid advances. the u.s. trained afghan army is crumbling losing or surrendering a third of th...

On the front line: a night with Afghan commandos