In afghanistan the taliban has undertaken an extreme offensive And regained most country in surprising speed taking over virtually every major city. Those orange outlines is what the taliban now controls. Also moving in On Kabul which is here. Theres Taliban Control outside of kabul but not in the capital city. Kabul could fall in the next couple of weeks or perhaps even days. Joining me now from kabul, afghanistan, Nbc News foreign correspondent. Reporter the fighting is moving closer to kabul. Today there are reports of heavy fighting in a province to the south, about 20 miles away. The fighting is. Theres also fighting still ongoing in logard province, about 50 miles from the capital. Again, also to the south. In that region we one that a battalion of Afghan Forces are still in the region And are still trying to fight off the taliban. There are also some reports of fighting in the far north, the last large city in the north to remain in government hAnds at this point. Now, the u. S.
City kandahar and consolidating territory in the south, north and west. The taliban took its first Provincial Capital a week ago. Now their territory looks like this. Closing in on kabul. Panicked afghans are you rush to the capital as Aid Agencies warn of a humanitarian crisis. At least 241,000 people have been forced to flee from their homes. And the humanitarian needs are growing by the hour. Reporter these men all worked for nato as construction workerless, cooks, interpreters. We are enlisted on the ground we learn the language we translated. We issued them. He is a tourist. We put them in the jail. Because of that, they will kill us, every one they will kill us. Reporter many here feel abled and betrayed. Nbc spoke directly with the taliban commander in afghanistan who said that the group is aware of u. S. Forces in the country and said if any try Anything Theyll be dealt with the same way they deal with afghan forces. Ali. Kelly in afghanistan. Let me show you a picture. This is
U.s. forces landing at kabul s airport for what the pentagon says is a limited mission. to get embassy workers out. i expect that by the end of the weekend, the bulk of the 3,000 that we talked about yesterday will be in place. the u.s. embassy is ordering its staff to destroy sensitive documents and computers, according to a memo obtained by npr. afghan president ashraf ghani addressing the country for the first time in days saying i know you are worried about your future. i assure you i am focused on reducing violence. on the ground, the taliban are advancing across afghanistan at lightning speed. in one propaganda video they claim to be in control of the road to kabul, saying they are allowing government forces who surrendered to pass. in another militants claim they ambushed an afghan military convey 50 miles from the capital and captured government soldiers. the militants firmly in control of afghanistan s second largest