targeted brussels instead. as prosecutors announce charges if are the so called man in the hat you see highlighted here. he s the only known surviving brussels attacker. this is video taken right before and after the airport bombing. cnn s international correspondent live in brussels. fred, what do you know what s happening this morning? reporter: there is a lot of information that s come to us over the past 15, 250 hours. but the most important of it is probably the one that s coming this morning from the federal prosecutors office. they have now come forward and confirmed that these the terror group that was operating here in brussels originally wanted to strike in paris. e really quickly the statement or part of it from the for prosecutors office. they can now confirm numerous elements in the investigation have shown the terrorists initially had the intention to strike in france again. eventually surprised by the speed of the progress in the investigation they took the
our top story this hour. shifting loyalties in afghanistan. taliban insurgents are making bold advances in the country s heldman province. and part of the reason the afghanistan government seems to be losing ground there is because of soldiers like these defectors from the afghan army who have joined the taliban. for more on all this, senior international correspondent nick paton walsh joins us now life from kabul. nick, why are these soldiers swapping sides and choosing to fight with the taliban instead, and how likely is it that afghan troops will be able to regain this lost territory? reporter: well, the reasons these men, who spoke to us, gave was really the corruption in the ranks of the afghan army, the lack of resources they ve been receiving. frankly, widely acknowledged problems by the afghan government themselves and even u.s. officials admit to about two-thirds of personnel losses the afghan may have suffered. it s a widespread issue and particularly right now
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