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Thinking indeed. those things in the end probably don't count for much at all. natan dalkowitz runs a restaurant just five miles from the gaza strip. you and your family have paid the worst imaginable price. >> nate: yes, my daughter was killed by a mortar sent by hamas. >> anthony: in some israeli towns and villages within close proximity of the gaza strip, bus stops double as bomb shelters and air raid sirens warn of incoming missiles fired from less than a mile away. rockets and mortar shells have been known to fall from the sky in these parts, and no one understands the consequences more t...

This meeting between director burns and the de facto taliban leader. is that the kind of thing intel gets a heads-up on, on the front end, and what do you make of that high-level outreach between the u.s. government and taliban leadership? >> yeah, so for security reasons, needless to say, not many people know when the director of the cia is that very close to the sharp end of the spear. so, no, i did not know about it until this morning. look, i think it's a really good thing. right now there's a long conversation to be had about how we got to this place. but this place is a place where thous...

Four weeks ago in kunduz. then, the city was a refuge for tens of thousands of people who had fled fighting in villages. now, we learned that in recent days, mortar shells landed in these camps. we don't know what happened to the people we'd met there. most of the north of the country has been taken over by the taliban now. those who have escaped to kabul are staring at uncertainty. fears that the capital, too, could fall within weeks. yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. a humanitarian disaster is fast unfolding in afghanistan. the un says more than 1,000 civilians have been killed in fighting bet...

Now, we learned that in recent days, mortar shells landed in these camps. we don't know what happened to the people we'd met there. most of the north of the country has been taken over by the taliban now. those who have escaped to kabul are staring at uncertainty. fears that the capital, too, could fall within weeks. yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. now, i want to bring you this extraordinary report filmed by our team in taliban territory. first, let's take a look at the areas they control. last month, the taliban were in charge in these red regions, with contested regions in yellow. but now, a...