World. Im kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. Afghanistans valley now the focus of taliban efforts to completely take over the country but antitaliban forces are fighting back. Panjshir is the only territory not under taliban control. Fresh fighting was reported saturday with both sides claiming successes. Cnn cannot independently verify the accuracy of those reports. And the largest Currency Exchange Market reopened for the first time in nearly three weeks, but banks are limiting withdrawals. Ben farmer is in kabul and is joining us by phone. So lets start with that fighting, what is the latest on the conflict there . We know that there have been several days of heavy fighting in panjshir, and as you said both sides have said that they have had successes and victories, but all we know independently is that the taliban have penetrated into The Valley as far as a hospital which is run by an international aid charity. And it is a significant way into The Valley. So the situation of the
The u. S. Adding just 235,000 jobs last month, nearly a half A Million short of economists projections. We have fox team coverage. David spunt in wilmington on the problems piling up for the president and Jeff Paul in New Orleans as the city struggles to get back on its feet after ida. But first, bryan llenas live in patterson, New Jersey, where more misery could be on the way, if possible. Wow, brian . Alicia, it is incredible, three days after the Storm Hit came through, New Jersey, were still talking about flooding, as you can see behind me here. The Passaic River is right behind what was well a normal Salvage Yard. It was at major Flood Stage as of this Morning And Wont go back to normal levels till monday afternoon. We spoke to the owner of the Salvage Yard who said the water had reached up to where the Stop Sign begins, at about six feet. He says hes never seen anything like this. He was expecting 18 inches, not 5 1 2, 6 feet of water. Tragically 25 people lost their lives in New
Continuing to deploy thousands of american troops, we will maintain the fight against afghanistan and other countries, we just dont need to fight a Ground War to do it. Paul lets bring in retired army general petraus served as commander in Coalition Services in afghanistan and director of central intelligence agency. General, great to see you again. Thanks for coming in. So now that we are out, the u. S. Troops are out, how do we get those americans and afghan allies who are still there out . Well, we are going to have some kind of relationship with the new rulers of afghanistan. Obviously the taliban. They have still not completely formed their government but its taking shape. We know the leader will be some of the key ministers, we have a diplomatic presence in qatar which is the location in which the negotiations with the taliban were carried out. A lot of countries have removed embassy from kabul and establishing a Shadow Embassy again in doha, qatar. Thats where that will take pla
Air strike, this time In Kabul. Officials say an imminent Isis K Threat has been stopped. Hurricane ida makes landfall on the Louisiana Coast with wind speeds of up to 150 miles per hour, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. The last planes carrying Uk Troops home from afghanistan have started to land at Raf Brize Norton in oxfordshire, in southeast england. Their departure from kabul marked the end of 20 years of a british Military Presence in the Country, during which A57 Service personnel were killed. Prime Minister Borisjohnson has warned the taliban that any future diplomatic relationship would depend on whether it allowed afghans who want to leave to do so and whether womens rights will be respected. Heres our political correspondent iain watson. One of the last british flights from kabul landing in the uk this morning. The prime minister said we would not have wished to leave in this way. 20 years of