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in afghanistan taliban fighters are firing missiles at the main airport of the northern city of kunduz where security forces are stationed, the city was seized by taliban fighters in the early morning rain on monday and first stephanie decker has details. there are no government troops left here and taliban fighters in control of large parts of kunduz city and here they are raising their flag in the city square and this battle is not over, the afghan government announced a major operation to recapture kunduz. translator: in the first place we should take care of the civilian casualties and the enemy has heavy damage including air strikes and operations, i don t want to go into detail of the operations. reporter: special forces have been brought in and the u.s. military confirmed an air strike on the outskirts of the city on tuesday morning. it is proving difficult for some reenforcements to reach kunduz because the taliban set up boobie traps along the way and t ....
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down. sanctuary under the sea. new zealand unveils a massive marine reserve that s twice of country s size. hello. we begin in afghanistan where security forces are struggling to retake the northern city of kundas from taliban fighters. they took control of the city on monday and broke hundreds of prisoners out of jail, many of them their own fighters. let s go live on the front lines with afghan security forces. east just south of kundus. what s the latest on this operation to retake kundus? reporter: hundreds of afghan security forces with hundreds of are going towards kunduz. r there s ied ez, roadblocks, so for three times they tried to break all these ambushes. you can see them. the cameraman can pan. they are waiting here to see what will be next. afghan commanders in the field here telling me they re missing a lack of communication and a lack of leadership. there are many units from different afghan security forces. afghan special forces, afghan army specia ....
save one of america s largest family planning organizations. afghan forces backed by u.s. air support have launch add counter offensive to recapture the northern city from taliban fighters. the sudden fall on monday is a major set back for the government, and raises further doubts about it s ability to tackle the taliban. stephanie decker reports. there were no government retreats left here, taliban fighters are now in control of large parts of the city. here they are symbolically waving their flag. this battle is not over, the afghan government has announce add major military operation to recapture. in the first place we should take care of the civilian casualties. we have already paid attention and ewith h continue. the enemy has conceded heavy damages including the air strikes i don t want to go into detail. special forces have been put in and the u.s. military confirmed an air strike on the outskirts on tuesday morning. this proving difficult for some rein ....
a special report. in doha, we will have all your sport including the uefa champions league, but they will be without the injuries the latest from all of tuesday s ties coming up later in the program. the taliban forces are dug in, and they are set to be closing in on the cities airport one of the few remaining places in government control. the sudden fall is a major set back for the government, and raises further doubts about it s ability to tackle the taliban. stephanie decker reports. there are no government troops left here. taliban fighters are now in control of lamb parts of kunduz city. here they are raising their flag. this battle is not over, they have announce add major military operation to recapture kunduz. in the first place we should take care of the civilian casualties we will continue. the enemy has conceded heavy damages including the air strikes and the operations. i don t want to go into the detail of the operations. it is proving difficult f ....