to have raised their flag on the main square and the governor s office in pul e khumri, the capital of baghlan province, about five and a half hours drive north of kabul. the islamists have now seized eight of the country s 3a provincial capitals and are threatening more. in farah in the north west, which also fell on monday, there s been heavy fighting. but in other cities, the government has withdrawn. the red cross has warned the fighting parties to restrain themselves, amid reports thousands of civilians have been killed or wounded in fighting. caroline hawley has the story. the aftermath of the battle for kunduz, the northern city captured by the taliban on sunday, the terrifying cost of urban warfare. the un and other aid agencies are now growing increasingly alarmed at the mounting toll it s taking. civilians have fled the taliban advances in their tens of thousands. many have reached the relative safety of the capital kabul. translation: those who have been displaced are in a
we have american boots on the ground in afghanistan. we have 10,000 of them. where s the american protest against that. we had american advisers, special forces team in the front lines for the battle for kunduz. why don t we do it in iraq? nobody can give a good explanation of why. up until knew, we had the luxury of just basically waging a conflict on a long-term basis. putin and his chess move has suddenly taken that option away from us. what do you believe is the motivation for the white house, specifically, president obama, to not do the things that you re saying seem obvious? president obama, in my view does not believe in the efficacy of military action to solve any problem. he doesn t believe it will work for us and hasn t in the past. and he doesn t believe it will work for putin. i think he s wrong. more importantly, putin thinks he s wrong. how do you believe that, in
i m afraid they haven t made a lot of progress since yesterday morning. the authorities claim to have taken parts of kunduz back, including police headquarters, but that seems dubious. quite the contrary, the taliban are now pushing towards the airport in kunduz, would be a strategic win. and they re broadening a front in a neighboring province, attacking government facilities and military checkpoints. so far this battle for kunduz seems to be more prolonged than many had anticipated. yeah, it is worth highlighting for our viewers that this attack on kunduz happened just a ahead, a day before the one-year anniversary of the president being in office. this is a huge blow to his credibility. yes, that s how many afghans see it as well.