this is bbc news. the headlines: taliban commanders have been photographed in the president s palace in kabul, as they retook the afghan capital 20 years after being forced from power. president ashraf ghani has left the country taking a flight to uzbekistan. the taliban arrival has sparked an exodus from the city, with afghans trying to board flights out of the country. the us state department says american troops are now taking steps to secure the airport. thousands of us troops are assisting with the evacuation of embassy staff, citizens, and some afghan nationals from kabul. there s been a sharp rise in the death toll from the earthquake that hit haiti on saturday. almost 1,300 people are now known to have died. many more are feared to be trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. hospitals are struggling
this is bbc news, the headlines: taliban commanders have been photographed in the president s palace in kabul, as they retook the afghan capital, 20 years after being forced from power. president ashraf ghani has left the country, taking a flight to uzbekistan. the taliban arrival has sparked an exodus from the city, with afghans trying to board flights out of the country. the us state department says american troops are now taking steps to secure the airport. thousands of us troops are assisting with the evacuation of embassy staff, citizens, and some afghan nationals from kabul. there s been a sharp rise in the death toll from the earthquake that hit haiti on saturday, almost 1,300 people are now known to have died, many more are feared to be trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. hospitals are struggling to cope with the injured.
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taliban commanders have been photographed in the president s palace in kabul, as they retook the afghan capital 20 years after being forced from power. president ashraf ghani has left the country taking a flight to uzbekistan. the taliban arrival has sparked an exodus from the city, with afghans trying to board flights out of the country. the us state department says american troops are now taking steps to secure the airport. thousands of us troops are assisting with the evacuation of embassy staff, citizens, and some afghan nationals from kabul. there s been a sharp rise in the death toll from the earthquake that hit haiti on saturday. almost 1,300 people are now known to have died. many more are feared to be trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. hospitals are struggling to cope with the injured.
persistent interest and the threats of those interests. there are 2a designated terrorist organisation still in the afghanistan pakistan the afg hanistan pakistan region the afghanistan pakistan region and most of them still want to kill americans and our allies. this defeat we have seen of the afghan government was done in part with the help of al-qaeda, particularly in the north. so we now have an al-qaeda safe haven again in afghanistan. and, by the way, this is going to be a shot in the arm for terrorist recruitment and radicalisation around the world. they is concerned about that is what i m seeing in afghanistan as well. ., , i m seeing in afghanistan as well. . , . in other news, there s been a sharp rise in the death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit haiti on saturday. almost 1,300 people are now known to have died. many more are feared to be trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. the epicentre of the 7.2 magnitude quake was 150km south west of the