live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. we are tracking this breaking news out of afghanistan where the taliban have seized jalalabad. that s according to an afghan official. the last of the capital kabul, the only major city still controlled by the central government. we are, also, learning that the city has fallen. that means at least 24 of afghanistan s 34 provincial capitals are now in taliban hands. the news comes, as u.s. president joe biden has authorized sending a thousand more troops to afghanistan. that s on top of 4,000, already, cleared for deployment. they re meant to help get u.s. personnel and their allies out of the country, as the taliban offensive rolls on. now, that swift advance has triggered an exodus. thousands of people, trying to escape the taliban have fled to kabul and that s putting even more pressure on a weakened government, surrounded by enemies. cyril vanier has reported from inside afghanistan and for the latest, he
united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. another, key afghan city, jalalabad, has fallen to the taliban. that makes the capital, kabul, the only major afghan city, still, under government control. we are also learning the taliban have seized nilli. that means at least 24 of afghanistan s 34 provincial capitals are in taliban hands. now, the loss of jalalabad is among the government s most crushing defeats, yet. this video appears to show the militants in the city, but cnn can t independently verify it. a local official says the city was surrendered without resistance. the taliban have been waiting on this moment, for almost two decades. u.s. president joe biden announced, last april, all u.s. forces would withdraw by september 11th and in just four months, the taliban have kabul, largely, surrounded. u.s. lawmakers want answers on how this was allowed to happen, and may get their chance to ask them. a source says, the secretar
i m robyn curnow live in atlanta. ahead, another major afghan city is now under taliban control. as u.s. president joe biden decides to send more troops in to aid america s withdrawal. also, a huge earthquake in haiti leveling homes, buildings, and leaving hundreds dead. this as a tropical storm bears down on the country. one u.s. hospital forced to take extreme measures as it struggles with a surge in covid cases. thanks for joining me. afghanistan s capital, kabul, is the only major afghan city still under government control. this after a local official says the city of jalalabad has fallen to the taliban. video from the taliban shows them being cheered on in what is said to be jalalabad. it is another crushing blow to the afghan government and their soldiers trying to fight back the militants. in recent days they ve also lost mazar-e-sharif in the north. at least 24 of afghanistan s 34 provincial capitals are now in taliban hands. that swift advance has triggered an
i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on a very busy saturday evening. additional u.s. troops heading to afghanistan this weekend, at the same time taliban militants there appear on track to retake the entire country. president biden is sending 5,000 more forces to afghanistan. he says the added troops are to ensure, quote, an orderly and safe drawdown as they help americans get out. but millions of afghans are desperate to escape the escalation of violence in their country. as the taliban take over more ground at a speed that has jolted officials in the biden administration, five more capital cities fell to the taliban in the last 24 hours. now 22 of the country s 34 provincial capitals are under taliban control. only two major cities, kabul and jalalabad, remain under the afghan government. take a look. this time-lapse shows the speed the taliban gained territory. see the red spread starting in mid-april after the president announced the u.s. withd
president s view? imminent has a pretty intense meaning, doesn t it? okay. that s still the belief. yes. imminent, she said. as that was happening, the effort continued to make the effort as costly and possible to putin with another shipment of military equipment to kyiv, javelin anti-tank missiles designed to stop russian armor. the administration today also sought to reassure allies like germany which relies on moscow for natural gas, announcing it s working with other suppliers to cushion the blow if russia cuts them off. it also issued this warning to belarus, ukraine s unfriendly neighbor and putin s ally to the north. just as we have been clear with the russian federation about the severe cost that would befall them were this to move forward, in recent days we have also made clear to belarus that if it allows its territory to be used for an attack on ukraine, it would face a swift and decisive response from the united states and our allies and partners. as f