people were killed by celebratory gunfire, ie, taliban shooting into the air to celebrate alleged victory. 17 people just in kabul alone today after reports spread that the taliban had taken the puncture valley. that s something that we can t confirm but some taliban officials are saying. remember, these two groups had been fighting one another for more than two decades. meanwhile in kabul a group of afghan women attacked by taliban fight erstwhile protesting for their rights saturday. the taliban fire intoed the air and used teargas bringing their demonstration, the second of its kind in many days to an abrupt end. what rights women will have under the taliban is a huge unknown as you know. the taliban says they will have the right to work and right to go to school but that is not a given and the reality, anita, that we just don t know. we still don t have an official government in afghanistan.
between 1995 and 2001, and it s where they began their triumphant move on kabul when the u.s. military teamed up with them after 9/11. so, as to prove the point that they are still in control, the former afghan vice-president, he appeared in a video that looked to have been shot in the valley and into the panjshir valley. he says he s there, he s in control. that doesn t appear to have spooked the taliban. one news agency reporting 17 people were killed by celebration gunfire, taliban shooting in the air to celebrate their victory in the valley. today in kabul alone today 17 deaths after word spread that the taliban had taken over the control of the valley. these two groups have been fighting more than 20 years.
he s comatose near death and right now we can t confirm that and let s go to steve live from tripoli. right now ministers in the transitional government say they will not turn over al-megrahi for extradition and the justice says he was judged once and set free and he will not be set abroad be to be judged a second time. in the meantime, the hunt for kourn gaddafi tibs with no more clues on his possible whereabouts and a lot of speculation, that gaddafi is headed to his oem city and right now, rebels are gathering for a possible last battle with gaddafi forces and most of the rebel fighters about 100 miles outside of that city, waiting for n.a.t.o. war planes to do the work, and knocking out any possible scud missile launchers that they have. and in the the meantime, the celebration gunfire continues for another night in the capital of tripoli and the rebel government has its work cut out for it, the and
and now steve harrigan with the latest. but they cannot find the guy, right? steve: they can t. there are reports from some fighters who say they have him holed up in an apartment complex in tripoli but qaddafi says he continues to fight and is calling the rebels rats, and calling on the followers to march and nato is helping the rebels try to find muammar qaddafi and you can hear small arms fire behind me, and all across this city there is celebration gunfire, but, still, at the same time, most people are celebrating rebel control of the city, there are still gun battles between the two sides, two or three pockets where the for iting is continuing. as far as the new government, they are moving gradually into the city of tripoli and desperately short on money and they need billions right now, italy is the latest country to unfreeze libya s assets and they have provided a $500 million cash infusion to help the government get off the ground.
civilian life there are small pockets of resistance that continue here in the they continue to attack the rebel fighters there. is still fighting going on, small arms fire, mixed in with the celebration gunfire as well. greta: steve, in terms of gadhafi, the fact that nobody knows where , do people believe he s still in libya? reporter: a lot of rumors about where he is. of course tracking him down is going to be one of the main priorities for this transition government. he s become a symbol of the resistance. with him out there, he could smashing he could spark an in . the real challenge could be to try and keep the peace in this city of two million people. tensions are running high. right now we are seeing rebel check points around the city. they are in control of probably 95% of the capital at this point. still pockets of resistance.