this is bbc news. the latest headlines the taliban claim to be making advances in the panjshir valley, the only part of afghanistan they don t control. one of the leaders of the national resistance front has admitted their situation is difficult, but denied claims he s fled afghanistan. there s been a sharp slowdown injob creation in the us coinciding with the spread of the delta variant that s hit the hospitality and leisure sectors. but president biden insists the economy remains durable and strong. president biden has arrived in the southern american state of louisiana, where hurricane ida made landfall last sunday and where 800,000 people remain without electricity. he s expected to survey the damage
progress in their efforts to oust the last remaining armed opposition in the panjshir valley, just a few hours from kabul. resistance leaders have admitted to the bbc the taliban have made gains, but haven t yet taken the whole valley. panjshir is a mountainous region and famous for also holding out against the soviet army in the 1980s and the taliban in the 1990s. thousands of fighters are thought to have massed there, refusing to give up. the anti taliban movement calls itself the national resistance front of afghanistan. you can see their fighters here in a series of training drills. it s made up of a multiethnic group of militias and former afghan security force members. they re led by this man, ahmad massoud. he s the son of the late ahmad shah massoud, known as the lion of panjshir, a powerful guerrilla commander who led an army of resistance fighters against the soviets and the taliban. former vice president amrullah saleh is also in the panjshir valley. he has insisted to the b
to local news reports over breakfast over the summer? welcome back to newswatch. and like the traditional august news low the past month has seen journalist being confronted with major international crisis as us forces pulled out of afghanistan and the taliban to took control of the country. it s led to some powerful and emotional broadcasting. foreign nationals and some afghans are being evacuated. the huge crowds gathered after rumours even those without geezers could travel. 0utside without geezers could travel. outside the airport even more chaos. 0utside the airport even more chaos. tele outside the airport even more chaos. tele band members firing in the air to assert their authority, trying to keep keep control. it’s to assert their authority, trying to keep keep control. to assert their authority, trying to keep keep control. it s now the 31st of au . ust keep keep control. it s now the 31st of august in keep keep control. it s now the 31st of august in afghanistan, ke
the headlines. the taliban claim to be making advances in the panjshir valley, the only part of afghanistan they don t control. the battle has left hundreds dead. meanwhile the eu and britain have said they won t recognise the taliban government. there s been a sharp slowdown in job creation in the us coinciding with the spread of the delta variant that s hit but president biden insists the economy remains durable and strong. president biden has arrived in the southern american state of louisiana, where 800 thousand people remain without electricity because of hurricane ida s aftermath. he will survey the damage and highlight the links between extreme weather events and climate change. the prime minister of new zealand, says the sri lankan terrorist who stabbed six people at an auckland supermarket critically wounding three of them had been under surveillance since 2016.