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The city. afghan commandos have agreed to 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. taliban snipers are at work 24 hours a day. from the snipers? >> yes. >> the men tell us the taliban are hiding in houses 50 yards from us. they shoot from people's homes? >> yes. this is a civilian home. we cannot use big weapons, heavy weapons. >> up on the roof they want to show us something. >> you can see the taliban side just over on the mountain top there. >> see the flag. >> reporter: it's been nearly a mo...

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, but taliban snipers are at work 24 hours a day. snipers? >> yes. >> reporter: the men tell us the taliban are hiding in houses just 50 yards away from us. and they shoot from people's homes? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: from civilians' homes? >> this is civilians' homes. we cannot use, you know, big weapons, the heavy weapons. >> reporter: up on the roof, the major wants to show us something. so you can actually see the taliban flag just over on the mountainto...

Education secretary cardona says this extension will give people the time they need to plan and ensure a smooth pathway back to repayment. just ahead, the taliban tightens its grip on afghanistan, as the state department urges all u.s. citizens to get out now. cnn is on the ground with afghan commandos as a wedding hall is transform sed into a front line position.

Of afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals are under direct threat from the taliban. three of them are under siege. and we visited one of those kandahar, it's a strategically vital city for the government. it's also the spiritual birthplace of the taliban. important for both sides under siege. the situation there is desperate. take a look. on the road to kandahar's front line, there is still civilian traffic, even as the taliban inches deeper into the city. afghan commandos have agreed to take us to one of their bases. this used to be a wedding hall. now it's the front line position. most of the ...

>> reporter: so we are here on the kurdish peshmerga forces front line position, the closest front line position they have to the city of mosul which is just about eight miles behind me. but the focus of today's activity has really been concentrated on the town just behind me. you probably can't see it very well because it's getting dark here and there's not a lot of power in that town. that town is still held by isis and throughout the course of the day we have been hearing a pretty steady stream of bombardment coming from the coalition forces where we are raining down on that town. we can ac...