kabul airport. the marine and army forces, about 3,000 in total, will be tasked with what the pentagon spokesman calls a quote, reduction of civilian personnel at the embassy. the those old enough, this might bring back the american departure in 1975 with helicopters on the saigon embassy rooftop. listen to ned price saying this is neither an escalation nor a retreat nor any kind of signal to the taliban. this is not about reengaging militarily in conflict in afghanistan. this is not abandonment. this is not an evacuation. this is not the wholesale withdrawal. what this is is a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint so this shouldn t be read as any sort of message to the taliban. whatever it is, however you want to describe it, the american pullout appears to be accelerating from a country if not on the brink of collapse, it s certainly falling. cl clarissa ward is on the ground in kabul. what s the latest you can tell us about the plans the u.s. government has p
retreat nor any kind of signal to the taliban. this is not about reengaging militarily in conflict in afghanistan. this is not abandonment. this is not an evacuation. this is not the wholesale withdrawal. what this is is a reduction in the size of our civilian footprint so this shouldn t be read as any sort of message to the taliban. whatever it is, however you want to describe it, the american pullout appears to be accelerating from a country if not on the brink of collapse, it s certainly falling. clarissa ward is on the ground in kabul. what s the latest you can tell us about the plans the u.s. government has put into motion about the american embassy? the situation is really going from bad to worse. 12 provincial capitals now under the control of the taliban. among them, harat, the third largest city in the country. also, kandahar appears to be on the brink of falling. this would be a huge one. it s a strategically important city. also the birthplace of the taliban,
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i m kim blrunhuber. we re following breaking news out of afghanistan where taliban fighters have claimed two of their biggest prizes yet, the country s second largest city kandahar and the capital of helmand province lashkar gah. cnn can t confirm this and you had then discity, but taliban fighters claim that they seized hundreds of weapons, vehicles and ammunition. afghan forces appear to either surrender or flee. so the taliban now control 14 provincial capitals, harat, the third largest city fell on thursday. meanwhile the u.s. is deploying 3,000 additional troops to kabul to help evacuate american citizens. let s bring in nick paton walsh who is live in london. nick, it is stunning since you and i spoke yesterday by my calculation four more provincial capitals have fallen, but the latest two lashkar gah, two huge prizes for the taliban. speak to the significance of the lot of these cities. reporter: yeah, kandahar birth place of the taliban under intense pressure over
with the u.s. less than three weeks away from completing its scheduled withdrawal from the country. president biden avoiding questions about the rapidly deteriorating situation on the ground. but what we have just learned tonight, the meeting at the white house just today on all of this. ian pannell and rachel scott standing by with late reporting tonight. also developing at this hour, we are expecting the fda as early as tonight to authorize a booster shot in the fight against the coronavirus. first, it s believed, for immunocompromised people. tonight, the question here, are boosters soon coming for everyone?to answer that question. severe storms as we come on the air tonight. the life threatening heat wave across 30 states. thunderstorms, hail, damaging winds from kansas eastward. pittsburgh, cleveland, up through new york state and new england facing severe weather. and tonight, the tropical storm watch also just issued for parts of florida. rob marciano is live there