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
Minister has just confirmed there have been deaths following this massive earthquake in haiti. There are no official numbers yet. Haiti as a state that is in dire straits. Last month, the head of state, the Prime Minister, was assassinated. Its going to take some time to get any handle on the amount of deaths that weve seen in light of this earthquake. I spoke to a friend in portauprince before coming on air. He was in bed this morning at about 8 30 when the earthquake shook. The earthquake, he told me, went on for over a minute of tremors, and that was in portauprince. As you said in your introduction, this earthquake is bigger in terms of the Richter Scale than the massive earthquake that shook and devastated haiti in 2010. That earthquake killed an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 people, apocalyptic levels of destruction, sadness, and death. And as the Death Count comes in in the following days, we can only hope that its not as terrible as what happened 11 years ago. But well be report
Situation . Reporter as you mentioned, the haitian Prime Minister has confirmed that there are deaths, and were expecting those deaths to be significant and casualties also to be significant. I spoke to people in portauprince earlier this morning and the person i spoke to did not report any damage from this earthquake, that he could see, whereas back in 2010, the damage in portauprince, the capital of haiti, was catastrophic. This Earthquake Hit further to the south. So theres at least hope that the Human Cost will not be as cataclysmic as it was back in 2010. This earthquake comes at a difficult time for haiti. Last month the Prime Minister sorry, the president , the head of state, jovenel moise, was assassinated. Foreign powers have selected the acting head of state, the Prime Minister, a Core Group led by the united states selected that Prime Minister. And Joe Biden has just been informed of the earthquake and he has authorized a humanitarian response to be headed up by usaid. Ed au
On the road to Kabul, Afghanistan, November 2001: The Hindu Kush, one of the tallest mountain ranges in the world, divides Afghanistan like a jagged knife.