Newsday - Afghanistan: Running a hospital as the Taliban advances - BBC Sounds

The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in the course of one day yesterday. In the city of Kunduz, government forces appear only to hold their own base and the airport. The provincial capitals of Sar-e-Pul and Taloqan are also largely in militant hands.

A spokesman for the Taliban's political office in Doha told the Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera that there was no agreement on a ceasefire with the Afghan government. He warned the United States against further intervention in Afghanistan.

One city which has seen fierce fighting during the past few days is Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province. The Taliban now controls about 90% of the city.

Viktor Urosevic is the Medical Coordinator for the NGO EMERGENCY which has run a hospital there since 1999.

"There is blocking of all the roads in the city... so people are dying in the street, not able to reach our facility because the ambulances which are transporting people do not have the security clearance to move because no-one can guarantee them safety."