World. Im kim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. Afghanistans valley now the focus of taliban efforts to completely take over the country but antitaliban forces are fighting back. Panjshir is the only territory not under taliban control. Fresh fighting was reported saturday with both sides claiming successes. Cnn cannot independently verify the accuracy of those reports. And the largest Currency Exchange Market reopened for the first time in nearly three weeks, but banks are limiting withdrawals. Ben farmer is in kabul and is joining us by phone. So lets start with that fighting, what is the latest on the conflict there . We know that there have been several days of heavy fighting in panjshir, and as you said both sides have said that they have had successes and victories, but all we know independently is that the taliban have penetrated into The Valley as far as a hospital which is run by an international aid charity. And it is a significant way into The Valley. So the situation of the
We begin with Breaking News in New Zealand where there has been a Terrorist Attack at a Shopping Center in a residential neighborhood of auckland. Six are wounded, some in critical Condition And Police killed the knifewielding attacker. And the prime Minister Arden said that he was under surveillance by police. For more, im joined by Ivan Watson in hong kong. Horrific attack though it sounds as though it could have been a lot worse if police had not been so close to respond. Con reporter and if he was armed with a firearm. In this case the attack took place after 2 00 p. M. Local time in this supermarket. And we have i willmages that we filmed by eyewitnesses where you can hear the fear in their voices as they kind of in some cases are running out of the supermarket, in other cases are inside in Disbelief Hearing that there appears to be a man with a Knife Stabbing people inside the supermarket. As you mentioned, six people wounded, three in critical condition. And the authorities have
Out of trouble. Hundreds of afghans that they once employed to have been left without protection. The former interpreter who worked for the british embassy tells us thE U. K. Has betrayed its local staff. They will put him in a very good. I had more than my car and britains top, they will not admit, he does not know exactly the number of your citizens still left enough denison. That as he threw the backlash over his handling of the Evacuation Mission from the country, ah, broadcasting lives erect from our studios and moscow. This is art international. Im john thomas. Certainly glad to have you with us. Right now. The end of an era of remaking other countries. Thats how us president Joe Biden describes the withdrawals from afghanistan, while claiming that the mission there was a success are to kill them up and has more. While the long awaited speech from Joe Biden was significantly delayed, the press waited quite some time for Joe Biden to finally come out and deliver his remarks. And n
Sam kiley is in doha, qatar, and with u. S. Cnn military retired general. Orrin, lets start with you. What do we expect to hear in these remarks . In terms of the expectation of how this plays out, we expect austin and milley, and then some time for questions. Generally when these two spoke in front of the press, it lasted a tight 30 minutes and thats what we expect here. Second in terms of what we expect to hear, i think it will focus on a message of support and a message of absolute confidence in the troops, and a message of mourning for those that lost their lives in 20 years of war, including the 13 Service Members of lost their lives last wednesday, and then support for 8,000 other Service Members that served in afghanistan over the course of two decades of war. I dont think we will hear too much insight on the disagreements and the insights of going into the withdrawal and the process of the evacuation, that they are almost certain to keep themselves, and we hope to get in there
This is out there. Are you from . Also coming up. I was all of the job. We didnt progress on, on the ive gone border and ill tell you how to do with your name and being beat up because of threat. Like, i feel okay. And schools reopen in mexico after a year and a half. But some students may never return to the classroom. Ah, we begin in afghanistan, where for the 1st time in 20 years, the countrys waking up without a u. S. Military presence. American troops left cobbler several hours ago. Hes alive pictures overlooking the city. The taliban is celebrating americans exit and what it calls for independence. But there are questions about what ive got to start would look like under a new government from abroad reports from conduct the, the final departure at the u. S. Military, off the 20 years. And the taliban adversaries celebrate cross cobbled, th from multiple guns of all sizes. In description, automatic gunfire lit up the Night Sky in a rolling thunder. Throughout monday, as the evacua