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But the real fear at the moment, jim, is that they could quite easily surround the city. they could isolate the city. we have seen now the taliban continue this extraordinary offensive, gobbling up territory across the country, more than half of the provincial capitals including most significantly kandahar, the second largest city in the country. this is the spiritual heartland of the taliban. this is the very place where they first declared their islamic emirate. and it was in fact the capital of their original islamic emirate. we have spent a couple of days with the taliban in ghazni province. that province also completely under the control of the taliban. and we really pushed them on the issue of whether they have any interest in negotiating with the government now that they have made so much ground in such a short space of time. and the taliban governor we spoke to said, simply, we will do whatever our leaders in doha say, but it s not clear yet. ....

Jim Acosta , Ghazni Province , Doha Say ,