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Locals fear the Taliban is tightening its grip on the capital of disputed Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, as Afghan security forces try to hold their ground in the area amid sustained fighting. Diane Hodges reports.
Ammunition supplies make their way to Afghan troops battling the Taliban in Helmand province as more residents leave the Sangin district where they say the fighting is heaviest. Rough Cut – Subtitled (No reporter narration).
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Sep 19 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Stringer) Dozens of Afghan singers and musicians have fled the country to neighbouring Pakistan in fear of retaliation by the Taliban, which considers music 'unIslamic'. The Taliban banned music when they ruled the country between 1996 and 2001 and decreed women to stay home based on their strict interpretation of Islamic law.FOOTAGE OF MUSICIANS IN KANDAHAR.
Kabul (Afghanistan), Aug 16 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of desperate Afghans created chaos on Monday at the Kabul airport as they try to flee the conflict in the country. FOOTAGE OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT.
Kabul, Jun 22 (EFE/EPA).- As President Joe Biden’s Sep.11 deadline for the Afghan pull-out approaches, thousands of interpreters in the war-torn country fear that they may face Taliban retribution for working with American forces.Fearing for their lives and those of their family members, these so-called “Afghan allies,” who worked as translators, drivers, and fixers, have sought special visas to immigrate to the United States. (Camera: HEDAYATULLAH AMID).B-ROLL OF ABDUL RASHID SHIRZAD, WHO WORKED FROM 2009 TO 2014 AS AN INTERPRETER FOR THE US MILITARY IN AFGHANISTAN, DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH EFE AT HIS HOUSE IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN. SOUND BITES: ABDUL RASHID SHIRZAD, WHO WORKED FROM 2009 TO 2014 AS AN INTERPRETER FOR THE US MILITARY IN AFGHANISTAN (IN ENGLISH).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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