The south of the country in helmand province. it s the place where the taliban is most established, and has the strongest support. the bbc sjeremy bowen has travelled from kandahar to lashgar gah, the capital of helmand through areas devastated by years of war. no one s future is secure in this country, especially girls. especially girls . at lashkar gah girls high and across afghanistan only the under 12s have been allowed back. the taliban says older girls will return too. many don t believe them, including people in this town who didn t want to be filmed. taliban rules on girls are seen as a big test by foreign countries who could help afghanistan. this school was rated one of the best in the country by the british council. the taliban says education will
In lashkar gah, you can see the forces that are shaping afghanistan. the power of religion and tradition in pashtun tribes who dominate the south. the humanitarian crisis that might force concessions to women to get western help. young talibs have smartphones their fathers banned photography. like the world, afghanistan has changed. it is harder now to bend and break a country. jeremy bowen, bbc news, helmand. what is arguably the world s most important satellite has launched to orbit from california. this is an atlas rocket taking off from vandenberg space force base in california. it s carrying some special cargo landsat 9, a satellite that will observe earth from orbit. it s the latest in a series of landsat missions going back almost 50 years. no other satellite has kept a longer, continuous record of the changing state
Travelled from kandahar to lashgar gah, the capital of helmand, through areas devastated by years of war. no one s future is secure in this country, especially girls . at lashkar gah girls high and across afghanistan only the under 125 have been allowed back. the taliban says older girls will return too. many don t believe them, including people in this town who didn t want to be filmed. taliban rules on girls are seen as a big test by foreign countries who could help afghanistan. this school was rated one of the best in the country by the british council. the taliban says education will now follow islamic sharia law.
Into the afghan army, and died fighting. a fourth was killed in an airstrike. they said they were here to make a better afghanistan for women as well. why did your son join the taliban? in lashkar gah you can see the forces that are shaping afghanistan. the power of religion
In the west (Herat province) the government and two Taliban factions are fighting for control as are, indirectly, Iran, Pakistan and India This is all about who controls the rail and road link to Iran and an Iranian port as well as rail connections to C