of the afghan countryside. clashes on the outskirts of kabul follow recent taliban attempts to infiltrate the country�*s other main cities. kandahar in the south and herat in the west. in both places there has been violence in the suburbs but government forces are holding. however in lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province, and centre of britain�*s campaign in afghanistan, the situation has become critical. during its operations, the british army was critically dependent on interpreters and indeed we saw that when we covered the fighting there. many have already been resettled but hundreds, including a man we�*ve spoken to and we�*ll call ali had not, despite six years working for the british army. you know, everybody is aware that interpreters are in danger