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Fierce fighting in kandahar and herat in the west. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reports from the capital kabul. lashkar gah, helmand, the peace roundabout — now overrun by taliban. they say this square is theirs. gunfire the centre of a city once patrolled for years by british troops. afghan special forces, trained by britain and other nato armies, are rushing in. this video's from the afghan ministry of defence. explosion the battle intensifies on the ground and on social media. 35—year—old general sami sadat is the commanding officer in this southern area. he say...

Lashkar gah, helmand, the peace roundabout — now overrun by taliban. they say this square is theirs. gunfire the centre of a city once patrolled for years by british troops. afghan special forces, trained by britain and other nato armies, are rushing in. this video's from the afghan ministry of defence. explosion the battle intensifies on the ground and on social media. 35—year—old general sami sadat is the commanding officer in this southern area. he says the taliban have suffered hundreds and hundreds of losses, but his forces have lost most rural areas. it's much the same across afgha...

Office, just 400 metres away. taliban fighters replaced normal broadcasts with religious songs. these pictures are of taliban fighters in the centre of lashkar gah just a few days ago, at a roundabout called "peace roundabout". and here are afghan special forces on the ground. the us and afghan forces have been carrying out air strikes in the city. there are a large number of reports of foreign fighters in the country. here's general sadat again. so most of the foreign fighters in the battle of helmand of helmand in lashkar gah, belong to the al-qaeda group, specifically al-qaeda in indian con...

Fallon fox, really appreciate your time here on the programme. from here at tokyo bay and the olympics, let's go back to rich now in the studio. now to afghanistan, where taliban militants are threatening to seize control of the main city in helmand province — once the home to british forces in the country. the militants are now on the verge of overrunning the city of lashkar gar in the south, and there's fierce fighting in kandahar and herat in the west. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports from the capital kabul. lashkar gah, helmand, the peace roundabout — now overr...

In the semi—finals. now as day 10 of the olympics gets going, let's have a look at the medal table so far. china are currently top of the tally with a 2k gold medals and 51 medals in total, while the us have 20 golds, but more overall medals with 59. behind them are the hosts japan who have 31 altogether, equally placed with australia who have 31 medals in total, but less golds thanjapan. now to afghanistan, where taliban militants are threatening to seize control of the main city in helmand province — once the home to british forces in the country. the militants are now on the verge of ov...