Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. A key region in afghanistan could be on the verge of falling to the taliban. The Deputy Governor of helmand province, an area that u. S. Troops once fought to secure, says urgent action is needed to prevent its collapse. The official posted an unusual public plea to afghan president ashraf ghani on facebook saying, quote helmand is standing on the brink, and there is a serious need for you to come. The helmand official said he had lost 90 soldiers in the past two days and hundreds more during six months of taliban attacks. A spokesman for president ghani said the president is aware of the Facebook Post and met with his National Security council about the situation. An afghan Army Spokesman said helm
An inspector general report found that contrary to allegations, former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani did not abscond with millions of dollars that went missing during the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.