the western city of herat. with us led foreign forces nearing a complete withdrawal of troops, the taliban have made swift territorial gains over the last two around the airport in the western city of herat. months. the eu special envoy for afghanistan tomas niklasson, who sjust visited kabul and doha, described it as a very very serious moment for afghanistan. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who s in kabul, asked him if he feared the situation would get even worse. i would of course like to say that the best way forward is a ceasefire, universal, immediate, declared today, implemented tomorrow, and peace talks to resume in doha after a few days. i find that an unlikely scenario. i think what the best scenario, which is so much worse than the best one, the best realistic scenario is one where the
it s also been expanded to cover other parts of the country. 0lympics organisers have reported 21 new games related covid cases. no athletes are affected by the latest cases, but this takes the total games linked number of infections since july the 1st to 241. to afghanistan, where the fighting has escalated around three strategic cities, that security forces are trying to defend from taliban militants. the insurgents have intensified their attacks on herat in western afghanistan and clashes are continuing in lashkar gah and kandahar in the south of the country. with us led foreign forces nearing a complete withdrawal of troops, the taliban have made swift territorial gains over the last two months. the eu special envoy for afghanistan tomas niklasson, who sjust visited kabul and doha, described it as a very, very serious moment for afghanistan. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who s in kabul, asked him if he feared the situation would get even worse.