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To try to keep the taliban from entering urban areas. taliban video, which cannot be verified, reports to show a government compound after they took over. it has forced nearly 300,000 afghans to flee their homes since january. in total, more than 3.5 million have been displaced. nick payton walsh has reported from inside afghanistan for years now. he's tracking these moves by the taliban and joining us live from london. good to see you again, nick. what is the latest on these taliban advances? what will it mean for afghan troops and the government there? >>. >> reporter: well, make no mistake ...

Northern afghanistan fell on sunday. taliban video, which cannot be verified, purports to show a government compound after the militants took over. nick paton walsh has more on the setback for afghan forces. >> reporter: an unprecedented bad 72 hours for afghan security forces. startling to see the first big city fall to the taliban since the u.s. began their withdrawal. there is still fighting going on there. we understand afghan security forces are trying to push the taliban out. they've been successful twice in the last six years when the insurgency overran it for a brief period of time. th...