the last major city in northern afghanistan — mazar—e—sharif — reportedly falls to the taliban, as president ghani says that remobilising the military is his top priority. translation: our dear country, afghanistan, is in severe - danger of instability. the reintegration of the security and defence forces is our priority and we are taking serious measures to deal with this. a state of emergency is declared in haiti after a powerful earthquake, measuring 7.2 magnitude. at least 29 people have been killed. in the uk, there are questions for police about why it chose to return a shotgun licence to the man who killed five people in the uk's worst mass shooting since 2010. hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. in afghanistan, the taliban have continued to seize yet more territory and are now in control of more regional capitals than the government. it's been reported that mazar—e—sharif, the northern city that was the afghan government's last northern stronghold, has also now fallen to taliban fighters. provincial authorities say security forces abandoned weapons an

mazar—e—sharif in the north has now also fallen to taliban fighters. it had been the afghan government's last northern stronghold. provincial authorities say security forces abandoned weapons and fled to the border with uzbekistan. our correspondent in afghanistan, secunder kermani, sent this report. this is the very centre of kabul. thousands who have fled fighting across the north now live in these miserable conditions. this family escaped the violence, but say they still don't feel safe. translation: we're thirsty. we're hungry. we have no home. other makeshift camps are even bigger. but this, in the heart of the city, shows how quickly the country is unravelling. we don't want to go to the back era, oursisters, we don't want to go to the back era, our sisters, the education sector was shattered, we don't want to go back to that. today, fighting erupted around mazar—e—sharif, it was one of the last major city still under government control, it had been a bastion of anti—taliban resistance. by this evening, security forces were fleeing to the b

in this case, out of the country to beckett's tan, a fortress of a city, missouri sharif as a major price, taking it consolidate the tolerance control of the north. talk to ya and other provinces, closer to the capital, were added to the list on saturday. 22 provincial capitals falling to the group interest 8 days the telephone, celebrating its lightning advance and places that controls fighters. florence had recently captured hardware and during a helicopter hangar in western herat province and hoisted their flag in kandahar city. a top a gate that leads to the governor's compound, u. s. president biden has warned the taliban of a swift and strong response if us personnel or put it risk in cobbled. the americans began evacuating the embassy. only mission critical staff will remain. 5000 troops are flying in to assist when kilometer away in the presidential palace shop, gonna address the nation. the taliban have always refused to go. she with the government as long as connie is at the helm, that holly can be the castle. i know you are worried, i assure you as your president, my focus is t

in mazar—e—sharif, and it is just turning input up a fight in mazar—e—sharif, and it isjust turning into input up a fight in mazar—e—sharif, and it is just turning into the input up a fight in mazar—e—sharif, and it isjust turning into the most appalling turmoil, and i think, you know, many people will be asking the question, what has been achieved over the last 20 years? the trillions of dollars, the hundreds of lives lost, and itjust appears as though we are walking away and leaving it in absolute crisis. penny, it is interesting, i was hearing earlier this week that on the us military strategists worst case prediction, they thought maybe the taliban would make these kind of advancesin the taliban would make these kind of advances in six to 12 months after us forces left, it has barely been six to 12 weeks. the us forces left, it has barely been six to 12 weeks.— us forces left, it has barely been six to 12 weeks. the problem is they don't appear— six to 12 weeks. the problem is they don't appear to _ six to 12 weeks. the problem is they don't appear to be _ six to 12

that's all about now. controls maza e sharif, which is the capital of bulk province. and means it's fighters. now control all of northern afghanistan on the government has been reduced the capital kabul, and parts of the east. and the taliban say they are now moving to words. gyla bod afghans. tom's 5th largest city, south of couple sharona the capital of puck seeker province fell early on saturday, followed by the cities of the bud. and god as both of them, nick, couple of the president remains defiant. astra gone, pledge not to give up what he calls 2 decades of gains. and the u. s. sector states has been pushing for diplomatic efforts to reduce any further violence. andrew chappelle has this report. as the telephone claims, another city afghan forces are seen getting out of their way. in this case, out of the country to beckett's tan, a fortress of a city, missouri sharif as a major price. taking it consolidate the taller bonds control of the north. talk to you and other provinces, closer to the capital, were added to the list on saturday. 22 provincial capitals fa

today, fighting erupteded around mazar—e—sharif. while in kandahar, the insurgents cemented their position, with their own flag hoisting ceremony. finally addressing the nation, president ghani didn't comment on rumours he may resign. instead simply promising to remobilise beleaguered forces. for now, for many people here in kabul, life is continuing more or less as normal. but the taliban are getting closer and closer to the city and there is increasing concern that a fierce and protracted battle for control of kabul could be imminent. the speed of the taliban's advance has led to the uk and us together sending in 3,500 troops to afghanistan to repatriate their own citizens and many of their embassy staff. many afghan cities are now being handed over to the taliban, following local deals with the security forces. that may be the only way to avoid even more suffering in kabul too, but would mean an end to life here as residents know it. some breaking news on that story reaching us that president biden has said he will increase at th

today, fighting erupted around mazar—i—sharif. it was one of the last major cities still under government control and had been a bastion of anti—taliban resistance. by this evening, security forces were fleeing to the border with uzbekistan as the insurgents took it over. once in kandahar, their spiritual home, the taliban cemented their position with a flag—hoisting ceremony. finally addressing the nation this morning, president ghani didn't comment on rumours he may resign. instead, simply promising to re—mobilise beleaguered forces. for now, for many people here in kabul, life is continuing more or less as normal but the taliban are getting closer and closer to the city and there is increasing concern that a fierce and protracted battle for control of kabul could be imminent. the speed of the taliban's advance has led to the us and uk together deploying more than 5,500 troops to afghanistan to repatriate their citizens and many of their embassy staff. many afghan cities are now being handed over to the taliban, following

today, fighting erupteded around mazar—i—sharif. while in kandahar the insurgents cemented their position, with their own flag hoisting ceremony. finally addressing the nation, president ghani didn't comment on rumours he may resign. instead simply promising to remobilise beleaguered forces. for now, for many people here in kabul life is continuing more or less as normal. but the taliban are getting closer and closer to the city and there is increasing concern that a fierce and protracted battle for control of kabul could be imminent. the speed of the taliban's advance has led to the uk and us together sending over 3,500 troops to afghanistan to repatriate their own citizens and many of their embassy staff. many afghan cities are now being handed over to the taliban, following local deals with the security forces. that may be the only way to avoid even more suffering in kabul too, but would mean an end to life here, as residents know it. here in the uk, the decision to return a shotgun and a licence to the man who killed five people

today, fighting erupted around mazar—e—sharif. it was one of the last major cities still under government control and had been a bastion of anti—taliban resistance. by this evening, security forces were fleeing to the border with uzbekistan as the insurgents took it over. once in kandahar, their spiritual home, the taliban cemented their position with a flag—hoisting ceremony. finally addressing the nation this morning, president ghani didn't comment on rumours he may resign. instead, simply promising to re—mobilise beleaguered forces. for now, for many people here in kabul, life is continuing more or less as normal but the taliban are getting closer and closer to the city and there is increasing concern that a fierce and protracted battle for control of kabul could be imminent. the speed of the taliban's advance has led to the us and uk together deploying more than 5,500 troops to afghanistan to repatriate their citizens and many of their embassy staff. many afghan cities are now being handed over to the taliban, following

fighting erupted around mazar—i—sharif. it was one of the last major cities still under government control and had been a bastion of anti—taliban resistance. security forces were fleeing to the border with uzbekistan as the insurgents took it over. once in kandahar, their spiritual home, the taliban cemented their position with a flag—hoisting ceremony. finally addressing the nation, president ghani didn't comment on rumours he may resign. instead, simply promising to re—mobilise beleaguered forces. for now, for many people here in kabul, life is continuing more or less as normal but the taliban are getting closer and closer to the city and there is increasing concern that a fierce and protracted battle for control of kabul could be imminent. the speed of the taliban's advance has led to the us and uk together deploying more than 5,500 troops to afghanistan to repatriate their citizens and many of their embassy staff. many afghan cities are now being handed over to the taliban, following local deals with the security

r e sharif as the only the city holding out against the taliban in the north. the another city conduce which is very important in the north, fell to the taliban at the weekend. and now we know that the airport, which had been holding out to conduce that is also full. and there are reports of very heavy fighting around conduce. and that is significant because given its importance, the government has promised a will. we take this city and we have been expecting a counter attack. so that's a real test because if it fails that test, if it doesn't, we take that safety. that's going to be very telling on which direction this whole conflict is moving. so you have all of these gains in the north. and then of course there's that continuing violence in the south. in helmand, in kandahar the strongholds of the taliban in the city of laska, which is heavily contested, there has been a massive car bomb. this was a humvee packed with explosives, the trying to get to the main police headquarters. it was intercepted as he was detonated, causing a number of casualties. meanwhil

r e sharif is the only the city holding out against the taliban in the north. another city conduce which is very important in the north, fell to the taliban at the weekend. and now we know that the airport, which had been holding out to conduce that is also full. and there are reports of very heavy fighting around conduce. and that is significant because given it's important, the government has promised a will. we take this city and we have been expecting a counter attack, so that's a real test because if it fails that test, if it doesn't, we take that city that's going to be very telling on which direction this whole conflict is moving. so you have all of these gains in the north and then of course that's the continuing violence in the south in helmand and kandahar the strongholds of the taliban in the city of laska, which is heavily contested. there has been a massive car bomb. this was a humvee packed with explosives that was trying to get to the main police headquarters. it was intercepted, the was detonated, causing a number of casualties. meanwhile, a nei

ms. ari sharif is the only the city holding out against the taliban in the north. another city can do which is very important in the north bell to the taliban at the weekend. and now we know that the airport, which had been holding out to conduce that is also full. and their reports are very heavy fighting around conduce. and that is significant because given its importance, the government has promised a will. we take this city and we have been expecting a counter attack. so that's a real test because if it fails that test, if it doesn't, we take that safety. that's going to be very telling on which direction this whole conflict is moving. so you have all of these gains in the north. and then of course, that's the continuing violence in the south in helmand and kandahar the strongholds of the taliban in the city of laska guy which is heavily contested. there has been a massive car bomb. this was a humvee packed with explosives that was trying to get to the main police headquarters. it was intercepted, the was detonated, causing a number of casualties. meanwhile, in

the taliban fight as these to hugely important commercial hub and a pro government bastion mother sharif that gave the group control over the north of the country as we said, cobble now dangerously within reach of the on group. but while the government forces crumble in the face of the search, the u. s. a sending thousands of its troops back to afghanistan, but this is to support the ongoing withdrawl into help evacuate american diplomats and stuff. president joe biden says he will support a political settlement, but insists any assaults by the taliban on the u. s. military would be met with what he called a swift and strong response. let's just have a quick look at the map. all of those regions marked in gray, 24 out of 34 are now under taliban control. adding the cities as you saw, missouri sharif in the north july above to the east cobble remains in government held areas. but for how long it's going to charlotte, bella, she's in cobble force is a lot to go through with you. charlotte. i want to do one by one border crossings. first of all, talk. com is extremely important. but i think

the telephone now controls muslim sharif, which is the capital of the pollock province. that means its fight is now control all of northern afghanistan. the government has been reduced to the capital couple and parts of the east of the tell about said this now moving toward july bod, which is i've got a stance, 5th, largest city and south of kabul shiranda. the capital of particular province fell earlier on saturday, followed by the cities a thought about god as both of them near couple. the president though remains defiance. i struck gaudy as pledge not to give up what he calls 2 decades of gains and the u. s. sex your face is pushing for diplomatic efforts to reduce any farther violence under chappelle has the support as the telephone claims, another city afghan forces are seen getting out of their way. in this case, out of the country to pakistan. a fortress of a city, missouri is sharif as a major price, taking it consolidate the tolerance control of the north. talk to you and other provinces. closer to the capital were added to the list on saturday, 322 provincial c

today, fighting - erupteded round mazar-i-sharif, one erupteded round mazar—i—sharif, one of the few major cities still under government control. while in kandahar the insurgents cemented their position, with their own flag hoisting ceremony. translation: ., ,, translation: finally addressing the nation, president _ translation: finally addressing the nation, president didn't _ translation: finally addressing the nation, president didn't comment - translation: finally addressing the nation, president didn't comment on | nation, president didn't comment on rumours he may resign.— rumours he may resign. instead promising _ rumours he may resign. instead promising to — rumours he may resign. instead promising to remobilise - rumours he may resign. instead - promising to remobilise beleaguered forces. for now for many people here in kabul life is continuing more or less as normal, the taliban are getting closer and closer to the city and the there is increasing concern that a fierce and protracted battle for control of kabul could be imminent. the speed of the taliban's advance has l

the last major city in northern afghanistan — mazar—e—sharif — falls to the taliban, as president biden issues a stong —— strong defence of his decision to pull us troops out of the country. we'll be speaking to a former deputy un special envoy to afghanistan — about the deteriorating situation. also in the programme. tributes to the victims — as questions are asked of police about why a shotgun licence was returned to the man who killed five people in the uk's worst mass shooting since 2010. and banksy by the sea — as people flock to england's east to see original work by the famed grafitti artist. hello, and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. a powerful 7.2 earthquake has hit haiti — authorities say at least 227 people have been killed. prime minister ariel henry described the situation as dramatic and declared a state of emergency for a month. us presidentjoe biden has authorised immediate help from the us. david willis has more. one of the poorest countries in the world has been dealt another devastating blow, and the people of haiti are once again

half an hour's drive away, in mazar—i—sharif, the government are still in control. there is a greater sense of personal freedom here it is hard to imagine the taliban accepting. many fear the taliban want to resurrect their practice of brutal punishments. they insist they were not responsible for this flogging, supposedly filmed last year, but they did recently hang two child kidnappers in public. 0n the steps of the government's old court house in balkh, the taliban's legal system was in force. for many, the taliban's brutal form ofjustice is what scares them the most about the group, but for others, they at least offer a swifter resolution than the notoriously corrupt government courts. thejudge here says he has never ordered serious corporal punishment and that there is a system of appeal courts, but he defends stoning adulterers and cutting the hands of thieves. many people here in afghanistan and around the world would be horrified. the taliban are capturing new territory on an almost daily basis. they are still facing fierce resistance but they vow to install

and my mother and i came to missouri sharif to defend my people. the taliban came here to ruin the country. they invite people to an islam does not really as long if they think that they are also afghans, they should come and negotiate with us. or if they want to take power, they should go for elections and make people vote for them. but the only thing they actually want is to ruin afghanistan and our people danco, especially then they got whole people are fed up with the war and unemployment. i've been jobless for 2 months already. we are tired of fighting. we want peace. people are fleeing from a dentist in there, go into iran and turkey because of the situation here. they are selling their houses at half the price just to be able to leave. i wanted to do the same, but it ran close their borders because of the warren of ghana, samsung them or how much our life was ruined because of this war. how the people escaped. but those who had no money had to state these attacks scare our families because they always happen at night. people cannot even go t

today, fighting erupted around mazar—i—sharif. it was one of the last major cities still under government control and had been a bastion of anti—taliban resistance. by this evening, security forces were fleeing to the border with uzbekistan as the insurgents took it over. once in kandahar, their spiritual home, the taliban cemented their position with a flag—hoisting ceremony. finally addressing the nation this morning, president ghani didn't comment on rumours he may resign. instead, simply promising to re—mobilise beleaguered forces. for now, for many people here in kabul, life is continuing more or less as normal but the taliban are getting closer and closer to the city and there is increasing concern that a fierce and protracted battle for control of kabul could be imminent. the speed of the taliban's advance has led to the us and uk together sending in more than 3,500 troops to afghanistan to repatriate their own citizens and many of their embassy staff. many afghan cities are now being handed over to the taliban, follo

and then overnight they the government also lost our sharif, which was the only city they still held. and northern afghanistan, very symbolic. i usually that area has been very anti taliban, but the north has just completely fallen at this point. amazon was the only part, still standing with the government. they were to some people might call the war moods or a strong man if you will, who was needing the resistance against the taliban. one man was out of mohammed, nor the other guy was marshal dalston. they had been trying to rally the troops and local app rising movements. they had to keep the telephone out. but it is belief that they lived last night, convoy vehicle slate ac kilometers north to the biggest on board and just got out of town and fell immediately into taliban hatch. house, astonishing, isn't it? charlotte? cobble itself. then there is clearly a threat to the capital. what's that like there at the moment? well now, as of the last hour, it is the last big city. the government still holds is unbelievable. to think that 9 days ago the taliban didn't hold a single provincia

now mazata sharif is in the north of the country. it would need pakistan assistance in terms of the logistics of not only getting the craft into bizarre sharif, but then the next step. and that is how to get supplies. humanitarian supplies to the button, rubel parts up i've gotten is done, of which increasingly there are many my can are there for us at the united nations in new york. thanks so much mike. well, let's now hear from my simon, he's a former, i've gone back to france and to canada. he joins us now from washington, d. c. mr. some out, obviously a huge amount to cover, but i do want to focus on the security situation. we've been hearing from president biden on the pentagon. they say they're working with the taliban to combat ice. ok as a seasoned african diplomat yourself, do you think the attack that we've seen might push western countries to recognize the taliban in order to be able to do that? well, it's one particular dimension of the whole criteria that would be used by western nations, at least the g 7, as we heard a

r e sharif. was the only the city holding out against the taliban in the north. another city can do which is very important in the north, fell to the taliban at the weekend. and now we know that the airport, which had been holding out to conduce that is also full. and there are reports of very heavy fighting around conduce. and that is significant because given it's important that governments has promised a will, we take this city and we have been expecting a counter attack. so that's a real test because if it fails that test, if it doesn't, we take that safety. that's going to be very telling on which direction this whole conflict is moving. so you have all of these gains in the north. and then of course that's the continuing violence in the south in helmand and kandahar the strongholds of the taliban in the city of laska, which is heavily contested. there has been a massive car bomb. this was a humvee packed with explosives that was trying to get to the main police headquarters. it was intercepted, was detonated, causing a number of casualties. meanwhile, a nei

i talked to a young man in miss r e sharif, i spoke _ to a young man in miss r e sharif, i spoke to— to a young man in miss r e sharif, i spoke to him— to a young man in miss r e sharif, i spoke to him by video call. he fled his home, — spoke to him by video call. he fled his home, lives in fear of taliban after— his home, lives in fear of taliban after his— his home, lives in fear of taliban after his father was killed by them after his father was killed by them a decade — after his father was killed by them a decade ago, and he hasn't got any work, _ a decade ago, and he hasn't got any work. he _ a decade ago, and he hasn't got any work. he is — a decade ago, and he hasn't got any work, he is sleeping on the floor of an abandoned building, he doesn't know— an abandoned building, he doesn't know where he's going to get his next _ know where he's going to get his next nteal— know where he's going to get his next meal from, and he is one of those _ next meal from, and he is one of those people who hasjust been recently— those people who hasjust been recently displace

r sharif was the only the city holding out against the taliban in the north. another city can do which is very important in the north, fell to the taliban at the weekend. and now we know that the airport, which had been holding out to conduce that is also full. and there are reports, a very heavy fighting around conduce. and that is significant because given its importance, the government has promised a will. we take this city and we have been expecting a counter attack. so that's a real test because if it fails that test, if it doesn't, we take that safety. that's going to be very telling on which direction this whole conflict is moving. so you have all of these gains in the north. and then of course there's the continuing violence in the south. in helmand, in kandahar the strongholds of the taliban in the city of laska, which is heavily contested, there has been a massive car bomb. this was a humvee packed with explosives that was trying to get to the main police headquarters. it was intercepted as he was detonated, causing a number of casualties. meanwhile,

ms. ari sharif is the only the city holding out against the taliban in the north. another city conduce which is very important in the north, fell to the taliban at the weekend. and now we know that the airport, which had been holding out to conduce that is also full. and there are reports of very heavy fighting around conduce. and that is significant because given its importance, the government has promised a will. we take this city and we have been expecting a counter attack. so that's a real test because if it fails that test, if it doesn't, we take that safety. that's going to be very telling on which direction this whole conflict is moving. so you have all of these gains in the north. and then of course, that's the continuing violence in the south in helmand and kandahar the strongholds of the taliban in the city of laska guy which is heavily contested. there has been a massive car bomb. this was a humvee packed with explosives that were trying to get to the main police headquarters. it was intercepted as he was detonated, causing a number of casualties. meanwh

and you would have said until recently that there was no danger of the place like bizarre sharif ever falling to the taliban, but certainly has made the population very nervous. we're hearing reports of crowds of people at bazaar. he should be at port waiting for the several flights a day that are taking people out of the city. some of these other games that we've seen, they again have been the smaller provincial cities. but cities like poly comrey for example, does have a strategic value in that it brings the taliban close to the cobble area from the north. interestingly, from the south that we're also seeing an uptick in fighting in the province of god . the other there is all that we know that there was a lot of fighting in the south the in kandahar in helmand, but currently is a problem that is much closer to cobble. so there is a psychological value for the taliban to say that, look, we are able now to threaten the whole count, cobble area. just how much threat, though, in any conflict, what you have claim and counter claim is often difficult to ascertain is i'd be giving an exam

but that flight had to land in missouri is sharif. it could not land in cobble because of the terrible security situation there. so you and officials are warning that there are some 3 and a half 1000000 displays. people inside afghanistan about a half a 1000000 of those happening in the last year. and there warning that the situation on the ground is just going to get worse. so had an al jazeera, the, or can either back in the us state of louisiana. we'll have the latest in new orleans where millions where more than many another without power. a ram meeting between companies and palestinian leaders hours after these re prime minister returns from us. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day of 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways booted world's best airline of 2021. hello there. let's start in south asia and for india, which seems to be flooding across as some states in the northeast. that's thanks to heavy monsoon rains. we've had more than 250000 people effected by the flooding, but not just here. it's also in bangladesh.

i struck god he flew to mazata sharif, ready to meet with local leaders, military command. that's really the way i tried to different resistance. we also saw another figure who's very, quite prominent in afghan politics and also from the star recall perspective. quite important. marshall received them. he is a former vice president of afghanistan and his career. he goes by decades, he was involved in the solve your talk, your patient was also involved in the 1st resistance to the taliban in the ninety's, the very much the stronghold is in the north. and he has been in miss ari sharif also promising to launch a counter attack at selling saying that the taliban, it is easy to get into the north of the country, but very difficult to leave. these are all very fine words, but we're waiting to see just when they are going to be backed up by actually when there is going to be some real sort of counter offensive. but increasingly, as these provincial capital continue to fall, you do get a sense of the clock continuing to tick for the african government. thank you so much from a bri

that ms. ari sharif was the only the city holding out against the taliban in the north. the another city conduce, which is very important that all fell to the taliban at the weekend. and now we know that the airport, which had been holding out to conduce that is also full. and there are reports, a very heavy fighting around conduce. and that is significant because given its importance, the government has promised a will. we take this city and we have been expecting a counter attack. so that's a real test because if it fails that test, if it doesn't, we take that safety. that's going to be very telling on which direction this whole conflict is moving. so you have all of these gains in the north. and then of course that's the continuing violence in the south in helmand and kandahar the strongholds of the taliban in the city of laska, which is heavily contested. there has been a massive car bomb. this was a humvee packed with explosives that was trying to get to the main police headquarters. it was intercepted at the was detonated, causing a number of casualties. meanwhile,

but we do know that many people living in mazar e sharif, have been thronging the airport, trying to get on several flights. without being staged, every day to bring people out wanting to leave the city, fill in the know if we understand the still fighting around can do that. the very important safety that was lost by the government. so you have all of this fighting still going on and then some of the provincial capital is that have been taken by the taliban. although they have been quite consequential in terms of their city size. strategically the quite important such as the city of poly comrey. now that is but brings the fighting, brings taliban close to to cobble. we understand that today, tuesday, it is a life back to normal shops. i'll reopening businesses reopening that once again. but under a taliban flag and be while south of cobble, we understand that there has been a tax launched around around kandahar city on all 4 sides. and mohammed jump, jim has the latest on the emergency talks taking place. he in doha. the fact that these talks are happening. all right, now it's such

northern stronghold of the taliban places in trying to rally troops to defend the city of missouri. sharif the biggest in northern afghanistan, but if the city falls, the government would lose control of the region of guns. interior minister has told out there for that government forces are pushing to secure main highways. large cities and border crossings. local groups sobbing, given alms to fight back the taliban, offensive them them to do i know last what i'm asking the taliban to stop their brutality. leave killing. sit down with love and we should find solutions. i'm asking them not to destroy buildings or are cheap. let's come and sit together and make a coalition government one that would be acceptable to all sides. the sooner we do this, the better. and the therapy group says it struck in alliance with t cry forces to overthrow the government and addis ababa both groups. the mora liberation army and the to grind people of liberation front were added to the government's terror list this year. and the report by amnesty international says, sexual violence has been systematically used

the last major city in northern afghanistan — mazar—e—sharif — has fallen to the taliban, who have been advancing at speed as us—led forces withdraw. fighters are edging closer to the capital kabul. us president biden has been defending his decision to pull out us troops from the country. tributes have been paid to the plymouth shooting victims — as questions are asked of police about why a shotgun licence was returned to the man who killed five people. the decision is being examined by the independent police watchdog. it's the uk's worst mass shooting since 2010. now on bbc news: the travel show. india. 70 years after independence, this emerging world power of more than a billion people, is still changing. i'm on a journey to two extremes of this vast subcontinent. it is crystals. it's hard crystal. white salt. you can taste it. i began in gujarat, in the far west. this is genuinely incredible. i'm in heaven. it's pretty crowded. and this week i have travelled 2,000 miles over to the north—east. i am on the banks of the mighty river brahmaputra and i am about to go to a very spir

on saturday, the key northern city of missouri sharif was overrun by the fighters. that means to tell about now, controls all of northern afghanistan. the government has been reduced to the capital couple and some areas in the east. and here's charlotte bellis with reports of even more gains by the faces. we're hearing this morning reports that they have taken. nangle. ha, the provincial capital of july le bad. and the east there are taliban report saying that but then also residents a saying that they have taken over major government assets in that city. july. that is a large city. it's one of the 5th biggest cities in afghanistan. and it is incredibly significant because it is east of afghanistan on the road to pakistan, which means they've essentially cut off couples access east now and to talk and crossing which was the biggest crossing and f dennis done. and where they had a major source of revenue through customs and border control. meanwhile, the u. s. ascending thousands of its troops job got a sound to support the ongoing pullouts and help evacuate american

they captured the northern city of mazare sharif. in response president biden is deploying a total of 5,000 troops. their mission is to evacuate u.s. and allied personnel, as well as afghan civilians who assisted the u.s. during this war. time is running out for them to leave before the taliban arrive. >> reporter: president biden ordering more u.s. troops back into afghanistan, raising the total now to 5,000 personnel. the first of them are already on the ground at a military compound at kabul airport for what the pentagon says is a limited mission to get americans out. the u.s. ambassador and commander for u.s. forces in afghanistan meeting with president ashraf ghani and the head of afghan special forces, now in charge of defending kabul as the taliban close in on the capital, reportedly seven miles away but not yet fighting. in this propaganda video, they claim they ambushed an afghan military convoy and captured government soldiers. tonight they've seized the last big city in the north, mazare sharif, and the nearby army base ca

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half an hour's drive away, in mazar—i—sharif, the government are still in control. there is a greater sense of personal freedom here it is hard to imagine the taliban accepting. many fear the taliban want to resurrect their practice of brutal punishments. they insist they were not responsible for this flogging, supposedly filmed last year, but they did recently hang two child kidnappers in public. on the steps of the government's old court house in balkh, the taliban's legal system was in force. for many, the taliban's brutal form ofjustice is what scares them the most about the group, but for others, they at least offer a swifter resolution than the notoriously corrupt government courts. thejudge here says he has never ordered serious corporal punishment and that there is a system of appeal courts, but he defends stoning adulterers and cutting the hands of thieves. many people here in afghanistan and around the world would be horrified. the taliban are capturing new territory on an almost daily basis. they are still facing fierce resistance but they vow to install

we spoke to people in mazar, e sharif. the 4th largest city in afghanistan is recently fallen under control of the telephone. omar and i came to missouri sharif to defend my people that the taliban came here to ruin the country. they invite people to an islam does not really as long if they think that they are also afghans, they should come and negotiate with us. or if they want to take power, they should go for elections and make people vote for them. but the only thing they actually want is to ruin afghanistan and our people jenco, especially then they got whole people are fed up with the war and unemployment. i've been jobless for 2 months already and we are tired of fighting. we want peace . people are fleeing from a dentist in there. go into iran and turkey because of the situation here. they are selling their houses at half the price just to be able to leave. i wanted to do the same, but it ran close their borders because of the war of ghana stamped on this number. how much our life was ruined because of this war. ha

half an hour's drive away, in mazar—i—sharif, the government are still in control. there's a greater sense of personal freedom here that it's hard to imagine the taliban accepting. many fear the taliban want to resurrect their practice 0n the steps of the government's old courthouse in balkh, the taliban's legal system is in force. thejudge he says he's never ordered serious corporal punishment and that there is a system of appeal courts but he defends stoning adulterers and cutting the hands of thieves. many people here in afghanistan and around the world would be horrified... the taliban are capturing new territory on an almost daily basis. they're still facing fierce resistance but they vow to install what they term an islamic government. if that doesn't come through the stalled peace process, they say, it will come through more violence. secunder kermani, bbc news, balkh. we can talk to yogita limaye now in kabul. the afghan president has been out rallying his troops today but, judging from your report on the other one, can there be any confidence he can do it?

but we do know that many people living in missouri sharif have been thronging the airport, trying to get on several flights without being staged every day to bring people out wanting to leave the city fill in the north. we understand they're still fighting around, couldn't do that's a very important safety that was lost by the government. so you have all of this fighting still going on. and then some of the provincial capital is that have been taken by the taliban, although they have been quite in consequential in terms of their city size. strategically the quite important such as the city of polychrome re. now that is what brings the fighting brings taliban close to to cobble. we understand that today, tuesday, it is a life back to normal shops, all reopening businesses. we're opening that once again. but under a taliban flag and be while south of cobble, we understand that there has been a tax launched around around kandahar city on all 4 sides. i'm a jim, jim has the latest on emergency talks taking place here in the ha. the fact that these talks are happening at all right. now it

r e sharif. is the only the city holding out against the taliban in the north. another city conduce which is very important in the north, fell to the taliban at the weekend. and now we know that the airport, which had been holding out to conduce that is also full. and their reports are very heavy fighting around conduce. and that is significant because given its importance, the government has promised a will. we take this city and we have been expecting a counter attack. so that's a real test because if it fails that test, if it doesn't, we take that safety. that's going to be very telling on which direction this whole conflict is moving. so you have all of these gains in the north. and then of course, that's the continuing violence in the south in helmand and kandahar the strongholds of the taliban in the city of laska guy which is heavily contested. there has been a massive car bomb. this was a humvee packed with explosives that was trying to get to the main police headquarters. it was intercepted, the was detonated, causing a number of casualties. meanwhile,

heavy fighting has broken out in the afghan city of mazar—i—sharif, as taliban militants tighten their stranglehold around kabul. american troops have flown into kabul to help evacuate embassy personnel and other civilians stranded in the afghan capital. britain and several other western nations are also sending troops as resistance from afghan government forces crumbles. the taliban also claims to have captured territory in two other provinces overnight. here's our asia editor anbarasan ethirajan talking about the military advances made by the taliban so far. the taliban showed no sign of stopping or even slowing down the military advance. as we speak, heavy fighting is raging in a town very close to kabul, about a0 kilometres, and also in a province in the southern part of kabul so they are making their intentions very clear, that they want to surround and besiege kabul as early as possible. and us jets are reportedly carried out air strikes on militant positions outside kabul city so the fighting is leading towards the city as we speak. and in the last few minutes, the taliban say t

i sure gun is trying to rally troops to defend the city of mazar e sharif. the biggest in northern afghanistan. we'll go live to bahama jump june, who's covering diplomatic talks here in the 1st? let's cross to rob mcbride, who will give us an update from cobbler robin. talk to us about guys and how significant it is. that's well, it's a blow to the government, certainly. and also a significant gain for the taliban. there's been fighting around the city of got the for some days now, but we've had confirmation that the governor and police were forced to flee the city, leaving the taliban in control. and we've seen the video being uploaded by the taliban showing at presumably taliban fighters giving us a guided tour if you'd like of the street. they now control of things being fairly calm that but they very much in control of the place even showing us the police headquarters there. so it is significant. it's a fairly small provincial capital. but just like those at cities in the north that fell earlier this week, it brings the the presence of the taliban. they

r e sharif. is the only the city holding out against the taliban in the north. another city can do which is very important in the north, fell to the taliban at the weekend. and now we know that the airport, which had been holding out to conduce that is also full. and there are reports of very heavy fighting around conduce. and that is significant because given it's important that government has promised a will, we take this city and we have been expecting a counter attack. so that's a real test because if it fails that test, if it doesn't, we take that city that's going to be very telling on which direction this whole conflict is moving. so you have all of these gains in the north. and then of course that's the continuing violence in the south in helmand and kandahar the strongholds of the taliban in the city of laska, which is heavily contested. there has been a massive car bomb. this was a humvee packed with explosives that was trying to get to the main police headquarters. it was intercepted, was detonated, causing a number of casualties. b while in neighbori

the president is making the visit to bazaar sharif really as a way of trying to rally the troops who are increasingly demoralized. it has to be said as a morale boosting to talk to leaders, to try to get them to put up a stiffer resistance to this ongoing taliban advance. thank you for that update. rub mcbride live for us in cobble lives. now head to mohammed jump. jim, who is in joe hall with more on the talks that are happening. he mohammed, what's happening on day 2 of these 3 day told well, emily, there's been a lot of uncertainty about what exactly the agenda is as far as today, which is day 2 of these talks in don't. there have been no official meetings that have started yet at the main venue for the talks. i spoke just a short while ago with a member of the can government delegation. and i was told that they expect to come to this venue at some point later. this afternoon, to have more meeting with the various envoys delegations that are here to try to get things back on track when it comes to the situation in afghanistan. now that all being said, some of the diplomats we've s

but we do know that many people living in missouri sharif have been thronging the airport, trying to get on several flights without being staged every day to bring people out wanting to leave the city. still in the north, we understand they're still fighting around, couldn't do that. the very important safety that was lost by the government. so you have all of this fighting still going on to then some of the provincial capital that have been taken by the taliban. although they have been quite in consequential in terms of their city size. strategically, the quite important, such as the city of public comrey. now that is what brings the fighting and brings the taliban close to to cobble. we understand that today, tuesday, it is a life back to normal shops. i'll reopening businesses reopening that once again. but under a taliban flag and be while south of cobble, we understand that there has been a tax launched around around kandahar city on all 4 sides and al jazeera mohammed jam. jim has the latest on the emergency talks taking place here in durham. the fact that these talks are happe

mother, a sharif, which we just heard about. 300 kilometers away. condos, 240 kilometers away. and then further to the south, you've got me 100. 26 in july about which we mentioned incredibly close. 115 kilometers as the crow flies from campbell, which is where charlotte bellis is reporting from for us this morning. i mean, it's just every 24 hours that we talk to you at the board. charlotte, they just the city just keep falling the list. the certainly growing it is hard to keep up. we are out to number 24 of the provincial capitals that have fallen to the taliban of a socialist 34. and that has happened in just 9 days. now. are the tell about certainly steam rolling its way across the country, the 2 provinces that it is picked up over nice and early this morning, lockman and manga ha picked up the provincial capital. they are directly east of cobble. they actually bought a cobble to the east and the government had been fighting incredibly hard to keep those. not only are they close to cobble, but they essentially cut, cobbled off from pakistan because the main trade route had

but that flight had to land in missouri is sharif. it could not land in cobble because of the terrible security situation there. so un officials are warning that there are some 3 and a half 1000000 displaced people inside afghanistan about a half a 1000000 of those happening in the last year. and there warning that the situation on the ground is just going to get worse after the united states withdraw. so this resolution, we do expect to be voted on in the coming hours. and it's the hope there that the taliban will see that the world is watching and that this will make a difference going forward. all right, thanks so much. kristen salumi the more still ahead on the news out including new zealand, extends the curve at 19 locked down in its largest city while relaxing restrictions for the rest of the country around meeting between top israeli and palestinian leaders hours off the 5 minutes. and finally, bennett returns from the us sport to find out who came out on top off to an epic final round on the pga tour in the world. health organ