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'Geraldo at Large' caught in Kabul crossfire

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    Geraldo and Craig Rivera in Afghanistan during suicide attacks

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This juncture we don't know it's another larger explosion went very significant exposure.

This they must have done some cars planted in the area or that -- There's there's some.

Vehicles racing here.

We haven't seen in America.

American military prisons.

Machine gun -- machine gun bursts coming from.

The four star hotel that quite building in the distance.

Numerous explosions.

At least eight explosions and -- -- ten minutes yeah.

Notice that somewhere in bringing -- up here that that you can do.

Shots fired machine or if this is the suicide attack.

Another few more explosions.

It seems like this attack is spread throughout the city.

-- -- your coordinated attack it is very hard throughout the city.

Apparently a hotel it's.

Looks like in my state some gunfire coming from there we saw smoke rising and exclusions.

Smoke rising also from.

-- you know.

Any injuries -- casualties.

Running through this we're trying to find weird.

-- Three largest -- This is very sickness and hurts me -- -- your outlook and the fan -- You.

Can see here and hobbled.

Apparently he has that -- shouldn't -- Attackers targeting British embassy where in the area at the British embassy just down the road.

Where we've seen.

Those puffs of smoke.

We believe it's possible that they've taken position in the foothills car's horsepower hotel.

And using RPG's -- fired their rocket correctly we have a forced out of O'Hare is it.

The people I'm talking to that that's convenient thing that.

I think they've got a -- someone off the -- a couple of the buildings.

And from bed that just trying to -- to attack on all these buildings are these camps and and that's.

And so that makes sense because we've seen most of the explosions in hurt most the explosions emanating from that white building.

Haven't heard -- any explosions recently we we have seen the American troops come in and then leave.

Now we're hearing more machine gun fire.

I the last -- machine gunfire sounded very loud music and tense crackling as opposed to flooding.

Sound of the machine empire so.

Wondering if perhaps it's gotten some balls.

And speeding around.

For the most part.

Isolated the -- they close it off to all track.

Answer this.

Plan going into -- some sanity counter strike being.

And these Serb Army troops -- Afghan intelligence and intelligence.

Heavily armed yeah -- bring new weapons that us.

It back front -- back.

And large cracks machine gun fire.

And we did see a couple dozen Afghan forces moving in that area that could be -- mixing it up right now with the enemy.

How mama mama okay what does your friend's house that was a ton of our spokesperson he'd just come from that text here.

And covenants in our provost and other -- he -- that we are trying to attack the US embassy division through a German embassy this British embassy.

And has q.s and has skewed here we -- so I'm gonna -- the that the parliament building as -- so this is the Taliban spokesperson called you on the -- -- just confirming they're taking responsibility for these attacks that work.

Currently in the -- correct.

You're in a laundry room and I think that -- We can't get it via the ambassador and has been talking here there was an explosion.

We don't know yet -- suicide bomber.

That they it can't hurt us all down altogether waiting with the all clear.

Listen -- the morning.

We'll tell you got the all clear.

More excitement -- real bargain.

-- will be scheduled visit us.

Well we wouldn't want to call for you are here -- -- yes this morning are so what do -- -- ago.

Again it's two confused situation -- -- One southeast of here.

-- know world.

-- imports of parliament receiving some -- fire.

Also reports of attacks and several problems.

You know again in the smoke dust -- in confusion.

This kind of -- Take awhile to sort all this out in touch with.

My friend and battle but he John Welbourn.

Or folks -- count for.

Him safe.

-- really don't know what's going on around town that.

Senior Afghan security forces are the ones who responded this.

As they did didn't use it for tax.

He people.

It seems -- sit down to be.

Overarching story that security was improved here -- answer this.

-- clearly it's and it's not a good thing and we just told them -- There -- no casualties and want me Afghan population -- city.

-- -- -- Pretty similar at this stage it sums it.

High profile.

Questionable effectiveness.

It was done work for this -- question.

Now is serious attempt to.

Carry -- a military operation to him fantasy.

Way error do you think we go now do you think this is expected timetable.

No it's now.

Very minded.

Kabul -- into Afghan security.

That question line.

That's -- they respond this argument.

-- don't think it's -- to have an effect.

Are you just stress the goal there to rule the you know -- Trends going in the right direction so this happened right at the heart again.

Hey again it's not a good thing we don't how bad -- -- we don't know.

Have to see.

Which management has been done in the dust settles and -- insurgents were captured -- killed which they will be.

I don't wanna under estimated -- -- over -- This is an active conflict zone.

You -- -- and happening and happening any time.

Conducted and losing my privileges last night.

He got -- -- these things.

Which also -- from us.

Our international allies and our Afghan -- Not to overreact and -- guys guys.

Distressing and effortless.

-- season.

-- Again an awful lot of folks that are here today in this nation -- the September attacks and what they signed up for.

I couldn't program -- mr.

-- thank you thank you.