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Desperately frightening for people. this is not a front line position. these people don't live under the threat of war every day. they're not from those front line areas by donbas. they have never seen anything like this in their lifetime. and you can feel that fear, that anxiety, that desperation, almost everywhere you go and everyone you talk to. >> yeah. clarissa ward, it is good to have you there. please stay safe as well. as you're moneyamong those peop you're among those potentially under threat. we are watching right now a country that is sheltering from what is practically nationwide r...

Russian advance. they could be tested with about 100,000 russian troops, tanks and artillery massed along three sides of the ukrainian border and by pro-russian militias already inside ukraine this is the most dangerous flash point. ukrainian troops occupy these trenches 24/7 and russian soldiers are only 50 yards away according to the ukrainian soldiers here those russian backed troops fire on them almost every day. and it wouldn't take much for an escalation here to trigger a much wider war. >> when some side start that attacking, it's -- it have casualties no matter what they do. >> reporte...

Across provincial capitals. we visited other cities, kandahar, which is the second largest city in the country. the front line position that we visited in a wedding hall, that is now completely under the control of the taliban, the entire city is surrounded. we saw a similar thing in gazni city entirely surrounded by the taliban. and afghan forces more and more are simply deserting or surrendering when they find themselves coming under taliban attack because, pamela, morale here is very low. >> and president biden has talked about this in the wake of the taliban rapidly gaining control, he sai...

Government. many are concerned with how fast things have been moving in the past 72 hours. >> thank you for bringing us the latest there. and cnn correspondent clarissa ward has an exclusive report. >> reporter: on the road to kandahar's front line, there is still civilian traffic. even as the taliban inches deep entire the city. afghan commandos have agreed to take to us one of their bases. >> this used to be a wedding hall. now it is the front line position. >> reporter: most of the fighting here happens at night. taliban time? ers are at work 24 hours a day. the men tell us the taliban are ...

Capital. this one, on the border with iran. the first to fall since the biden administration announced a full withdrawal of u.s. troops by the 20th anniversary of 9/11. another, big target is kandahar. major city. cnn's clarissa ward got exclusive access to the fighting there. >> reporter: on the road to kandahar's front line, there is still civilian traffic. even as the taliban inches deeper into the city. afghan commandoes have agreed the take us to one of their bases. this used to be a wedding hall. now it's the front line position. most of the fighting here happens at night. the taliban sn...