hello and welcome to bbc news. afghanistan is seeing the heaviest fighting yet between government forces and the taliban. the militants are trying to seize three major cities in the south and west of the country. they ve made rapid gains in less populated parts since it was announced almost all foreign troops withdraw by september. taliban fighters have now entered parts of herat, kandahar, and lashkar gah the capital of helmand province, once the home to british troops in the country. the fate of these key cities could be crucial amid fears of a humanitarian crisis and there are concerns about how long government forces will be able to hold out. this update from our correspondent in kabul, secunder kermani. well, this is now the most serious fighting we ve seen since this latest taliban offensive began. the militants had already had captured vast swathes of rural territory, now they re trying to take their first city and earlier this evening, they made their way to the ver
their first child, wilfred, was born in april last year. and, it s blast off for britian s telecommunications industry their latest multi tonne satellite heads into orbit. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there is heavy fighting in the southern afghan city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. security forces in two other key cities, kandahar in the south and herat in the west, are also battling to try to halt the taliban offensive. thousands of people have been fleeing their homes to other parts of afghanistan and neighbouring countries. our correspondent, secunder kermani, is in kabul with the latest. this is the most serious moment, i would say, in the weeks of intensified fighting that we ve been seeing in afghanistan. the taliban already control vast swathes of rural territory, they ve captured that in the last couple of months, but now they re trying to take their first city. earlier this evening they advanced right into
hello and welcome. there is heavy fighting in the southern afghan city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. security forces in two other key cities kandahar in the south and herat in the west are also battling to try to halt the taliban offensive. thousands of people have been fleeing their homes to other parts of afghanistan and neighbouring countries. our correspondent secunder kermani is in the capital, kabul. this is the most serious fighting we ve seen since this latest taliban offensive began. the group already had captured vast swathes of rural territory. now, they re trying to take their first city and earlier this evening, they made their way right to the centre of lashkar gah before being pushed back by afghan special forces. in the last few hours, a number of air strikes have been launched against taliban positions there, too. the fighting, as you say, has also been taking place around herat in the west of afghanistan and kandahar in the south. caug
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