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This morning the president of kazakhstan said the violent unrest has caused so much damage in the larger city, it will take eight months to restore it. cnn's frederick flight again live on the ground for us there. fred, lucky to have you there. can you tell us the latest? >> reporter: hi, john. i think he's absolutely right. it is going to take a very long time to repair some of the damage that was done here. i'm in front of the mayor's office. in the outside of the building, it is completely charred. rioters entered when the protests were going on in the entire country, ransacked the place in...

Terror threat. >> what i said in the same national defense university speech back in may that i referred to earlier is that core al qaeda is on its heels and has been decimated. what i also said was that al qaeda and other extremists have metastasized into regional groups that can pose significant dangers. >> frederick flight is a former cia senior analyst and the chief analyst. it is great to have you here. i know you spent so much of your career working intelligence. and i want to know if you -- first of all, agree with the president, decimated is a strong word. he used it several times. dec...

World. frederick flight again joins us from kabul this morning. it appears that the afghan offensive is making some progress. >> reporter: that's exactly what afghan and nato officials are telling us, john. they say so far they believe they've actually taken control of most of the area they were looking to take control of. however, they do say there are still scattered taliban fighters out there, some speaking of several hundred possibly up there, still holed up in compounds ready to take pot shots at u.s. and nato forces as well. nato forces have discovered tons of explosives, as you said. th...