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Afghanistan Government Reaches out to Former Warlords to Defend the North
"President, Ashraf Ghani landed in Mazar e Sharif in the country's north to rally troops attempting to beat back out Taliban offensive. Ghani has been meeting with local leaders and former warlords during his visit. The BBC's on bar Asan at Ruth and John has more As the Taliban continue their advance. The Afghan president is reaching out to former warlords to defend the not previously a stronghold of anti Taliban militia 40 years, Mr Ghani tried to sideline the warlords in an attempt to boost the Afghan National Army now is turning to them in this hour of need. Earlier this week, he also agreed to armed pro government militia. The loss of Missouri Sharif would be a significant blow for Kabul in yet another blow for the government reports that several soldiers were drawn from Kunduz city to the airport outside have surrendered to the militants following a sustained onslaught.
BBC Newshour
Taliban Takes Key Northern Afghan Cities as Battles Rage On
"Taliban in Afghanistan. Say they have now captured three cities in the north of the country, and it's hard not to conclude that the fighting for control of the country is going the Taliban's way. The government has acknowledged that the city of Taloqan, capital of Takhar province, Has fallen to the militants, with sources saying some provisions. Provincial officials were still trapped. Earlier, the Taliban said they had also taken the cities of Konduz and sorry pool. But the Defense Ministry in Kabul said special forces were still inside Kunduz city taking the battle to the insurgents, and an Interior Ministry spokesman said Afghan forces were winning back control and would defeat the Taliban. No, I haven't to other ensemble. So how do you have? Well? Yeah, one. The Afghan security forces, backed by the Air Force have launched a clean up operation in Kunduz City. They have been making progress and have captured some areas of the city and the Taliban have suffered heavy casualties. The city will soon be cleared of the terrorists. Reinforcements have also been deployed in other high risk provinces, and these cities that the Taliban want to capture will soon become their graveyards Hardship. Bilal Sarwari is an independent journalist in Kabul, and he's been telling me about today's developments on the ground. Well, we know that there's very heavy fighting inside the city of Kunduz, with the Taliban, managing to seize control of the provincial governor's office, as well as the police headquarters in the center of the city. But we've also seen you know very heavy fighting between Afghan special forces commandos in the Taliban. One Kunduz resident told me that there was a rain of bullets and shrapnel that hit homes. People simply could not basically even venture out of their living rooms, let alone seeing the street. We know that most of the districts in Kunduz province did fall to the Taliban a few weeks ago, even a month or so ago without much of a fight, So the city of Kunduz was always besieged. The Taliban were always at the four gates of the
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Afghan official: Much of Kunduz city controlled by Taliban
"Taliban fighters have taken control of much of the capsule of northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province locals will cost on top buildings around couldn't assist central market area government officials said fighting between insurgents and government forces had taken place around the governor's office and police headquarters in condos however there were later reports that the Taliban had taken over the two buildings condos is a strategic crossroads which if it pulls would be a significant gain for the Taliban as it provides access to most of the northwest of the capital Kabul meanwhile and strikes damage to health clinic in high school in south in Afghanistan's Helmand province targeting Taliban positions I thought about such has intensified as US and NATO troops rock pop their withdrawal from the country in response the government have retaliated with airstrikes aided by the United States I'm Karen Thomas
Antacids, antibiotics for infants linked to later allergies
"The market is now substantially down from the height reached in january though it's still well above the level when president trump took office these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu has shelved akon introversion agreement to resettle more than sixteen thousand african migrants in western countries the deal have angered rightwingers in his coalition government because it would give thousands of other african migrants the right to remain just hours after confirming the agreement with the united nations refugee agency mister netanyahu wrote on facebook that he was putting it on hold well news from the bbc an attack by government military planes in afghanistan is reported to have killed many civilians and several taliban fighters in the northern couldn't dues province i witnesses said helicopters had targeted a gathering of students at a religious school the government says at least twentyfive islam is to a killed or wounded in the strike but a doctor in kunduz city told the bbc that more than fifty severely injured people had been brought to his hospital researchers in the united states say that babies given antacids and antibiotics are at an increased risk of going on to develop childhood allergies the studies described as the largest of its kind undertaken and busby reports doctors examined the health records of nearly eight hundred thousand children those given antacids used to control reflux in their first six months with twice as likely to develop a food allergy within four years is those who were not there was also a significantly higher risk of developing hay fever or a severe anaphylactic reaction babies given antibiotics double their risk of developing asthma the researchers suggest that the drugs could change the composition of infants gut bacteria known to play a role in a healthy immune system an experiment is underway to tackle junk in space a small satellite has been launched will practice techniques for tracking debris and capturing it the satellite which has been developed in britain has a net into harpoon it sheduled go to the international space station where astronauts are expected to start using it next month space junk is a growing problem a lorry carrying five circus elephants has crashed in spain killing one of the animals and injuring two others emergency services used a crane to lift the injured elephants off the road others wanted loose before being rounded up the circus lorry overturned while passing another car.