after more than 20 years. and on day m of the olympics, the start of the women s gold medal, football match is put back to avoid tokyo s extreme mid day heat. there has been fierce fighting in the southern afghan city of lashkar gah. dozens of taliban insurgents are reported to have been killed in a battle for control of the city. afghan forces, backed by us air strikes, are fighting on several fronts. this map shows you some of the key areas of the fighting in kandahar, herat as well as lashkar gah. this is the situation earlier on thursday in herat, with taliban fighters reportedly moving freely in much of the city.