one of three reportedly captured in just one day. if the taliban can make it to kunduz maybe they can make it to kabul, and that in itself is a big fear. the only good option would be if there is some kind of a political settlement, but that doesn t seem any more possible today than it did two or three years ago. and tens of thousands of afghans are being displaced. this is notjust a political and military disaster. decades of conflict in afghanistan have created whole generations of refugees. the west s military withdrawal is almost complete. afg ha ns fear they re being abandoned. the government can request american air strikes, but for how long and to what effect? paul adams, bbc news. i m joined now by lieutenant colonel davis former soldier who served in afghanisatan, now a, senior fellow and military expert at defence priorities in washington.
one of three reportedly captured in just one day. the taliban have now captured five provincial centres. as well as sar e pul and kunduz, they now appear to control zaranj, sheberghan and taloqan. if the taliban can make it to kunduz maybe they can make it to kabul, and that in itself is a big fear. the only good option would be if there is some kind of a political settlement, but that doesn t seem any more possible today than it did two or three years ago. and tens of thousands of afghans are being displaced. this is notjust a political and military disaster. decades of conflict in afghanistan have created whole generations of refugees. the west s military withdrawal is almost complete. afg ha ns fear they re being abandoned. the government can request american air strikes, but for how long and to what effect? paul adams, bbc news. i m joined now by lieutenant colonel davis former soldier who served in afghanisatan, now a, senior fellow and military expert at defence priorities in
president in the interim, or, am i right that the pressures of this job and the condition often being degenerative, not getting better, would it be a situation where there is nothing that s going to stop decline once it starts? there is nothing that s really going to stop it, sean. there are certain things that can make it better. there are medication that is they use out there for alzheimer s patients, medications that they use as stimulus to make people more awake and alert for short periods of time but it doesn t stop the process from happening. it just covers it up and as time goes on those medications will become less effective. so yes, it will be a real problem for him in the long run and they are not going to be able to cover this up for much longer. there will come a point, we ll be faced with a choice. uknow a sean: there will be some
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threatening to overrun congress. when the family we often write poetry about cicadas cicada, cicada, where have you been i v been underground and i m back again. i don t bite and i don t sting, all i want to do is sing, sing, sing. chad is the absolute best. thank you ted, if it s not bad enough that they are having the all over the place we re told that chefs are cooking them turning in them into tacos. one chef in virginia, he claims they taste like shrimp. here s what he said. i am snapping the wings off which is easily done after they ve been dehydrated and the snapping the legs off just because they are easier to eat this way. you don t feel something poking you in the throat when you re chewing them up. gross, i will tell you that thi will not would you do it, are you that s adventurous? know a, no, nb, the only