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Higher. Were getting video from the ground. Look at this street filled with Rubble And Dust in the air. The man in the video youre seeing right now saying there are a lot of wounded people on The Street. More images show destruction as a building was shaken off kilter. It must be all too familiar for so many haitians. Theyre still feeling the impact of a major earthquake in 2010 that killed at least 220,000 people. Remember, this country is in the midst of another crisis. Haitis president was brutally assassinated in his bedroom last month in front of his wife. Todays unfolding disaster could be compounded by this. Tropical Storm Grace is expected to hit the area as soon as monday. It just doesnt stop for the people in haiti. Cnn Correspondent Patrick Oppmann joins me from havana, cuba. Patrick, this is just another devastating blow to haiti. What are you learning about the extent of the damage right now . Reporter well, there are whole areas of this part Of Haiti where the earthquake
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 shouldnt 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, its certainly falling. Clarissa ward is on the ground In Kabul. Whats 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. Its a strategically important city. Also the birthplace of the taliban, so it has a lot o
Im kim blrunhuber. Were following Breaking News out of afghanistan where taliban fighters have claimed two of their biggest prizes yet, the countrys second largest City Kandahar and the capital of Helmand Province Lashkar gah. Cnn cant 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. Lets 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 a matter of weeks