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sporting ernts coming up plus: >> you could see the difference in the second half. it was not football anymore. it was a struggle for life. >> lashing out a team for his team's performance. details in about 45 minutes' time. ♪ >> the search for the missing airasia passenger plane has been called off for the night. the plane was caring 162 people when it went miss okay sunday morning. it left indian e i can't at 5:20s local time en route to sing a pour. it lost contact with air traffic controllers 45 minutes after takeoff after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather. veronka pedrosa reports. >> reporter: from the air and at sea, an intense search for missing flight airasia qz 8501.

the airbus a-320 was carrying 162 passengers and crew to singapore. 42 minutes after takeoff, the aircraft lost communications with air traffic control. >> i hope for a milk and may god save them all? i should have been with them. i cancelled two weeks ago as i had something to do. i had two friends on board with five family members. >> those with relatives on board have been demanding answers. indian' i can't's disaster management authorities quickly set up a crisis center as officersoffers of help from foreign countries poor in. >> the national search and rescue agency air force and navy had their orders. we have deployed the fullest extents of our equipment to find the missing aircraft. >> there is little information. the plane lost contact as it flew over the java sea.

the area was cloudy. airasia said the pilots were requested to change course because of bad weather. this is where they were supposed to arrive. air transport authorities at singapore's airport say 47 next of kin approached them. they were provided with counsellors and officials from various government departments as well as the indonesian embassy. 6 apourian authorities say they are going to be sending two additional aircraft as well as a c-130 they sent on sunday morning as soon as that plane went missing. this has now become a massive international search operation. this is the first major incidents for the low-cost carrier whose parent company in malaysia has significant presence across southeast asia. but it trails two other malaysian aviation tragedies this year, both involving the national carrier, malaysia airlines n march, mh-370 accident happened on a fright

from kuala lumpur. >> plane was never found. in july mh-17 from amsterdam to kuala lumpar was shut down killing all 298 people on board. air asia has never lost a plane before. veronica joins us from outside the airport in singapore. let's talk about the families of the passengers who have been at this airport all day today. now that the rescue operation has been suspended for the night, what is happening to them? how are they being cared for? >> from what we understand from the chinese air force officials they have been keeping the 47 relatives and friends who they have been looking after with blankets, food water, counselors in one specific relative's holding area for the

entire day. a few hours ago, their final update was that none of them were in that area anymore. 16 of them had decided to take up the offer of transport to the seribia, the origin of the flight. the rest have gone home or to hotels to wait out the long hours until daylight when the search can begin again. the emphasys has been very much on keeping the relatives informed about what's happening in the rescue operation and sympathies from all of the government officials and the airasia officials has been going out to them. >> you mentioned aed in your report this has become an international search and rescue operation. once daylight breaks in just a few hours now what areas are they going to be focusing on for the search and rescue operation? what are they going to be looking for? >> well they have already searched an area that is about

50 square miles off of the coast of malaysia and in between, as it were, indonesia and singapore so what we have got are malaysian -- there is a malaysian aircraft that was looking out all day today as well as the indonesian ship and aircraft from here in singapore, they cents on the 1 c 130. in the morning, what they are saying is that two more singaporean aircraft are going out and that malasian navy ships are also going to be joining the search. what we are hearing is that even though it's dark and, therefore, the air search has stopped, there are large boats out in the unsettled weather and officialed asked them to keep their lights on, but as of now nothing has been found according to these official pronouncements that we are getting. no oil slick, nothing floating no debris so it is still very,

very much a mystery what has happened to this missing plane. >> veronica thank you very much for the up daylight did. >> that's veronica pedrosa outside the airport in singapore. meteorologist rob maccel explains what was happening weatherwise in the area when the plane lost contact. >> hello. when the airasia flight took off, it was about to face a wall of thunderstorms. this is normal this time of the year. these thunderstorms are huge. they are over 50,000 feet. you can try to fly over them but you can't get to that height. i think he lifted to 38,000 feet or requested it to fly around them. ebb ebb that is fraught with danger which they are so tightly packed. the dangers are going to be icing, the most likely when you change the shape of the wing. >> makes it difficult to control hail which tends to blind the radar so you can't necessarily see what's ahead of you lightning, well you can en countser that get away with it and severe term less which would

shake the plane about. any two of those combined could be serious. there is more to come in that direction for anybody flying in the area. now, earlier, sfoik keith make a, an expert on aviation safety and over 30 years experience as an airline captain. i began by asking him about the affect weather has on airplanes like the airbus. >> it can be affected by bad weather. usually, there are other

weather. rather than. >> it might cindy roanous information to those computes. >> the pilot is said to have requested altitude from 32,000 feet to 38,000 feet. do you think this could have been enough to ensure the plane was out of the danger zone? >> it's difficult to tell. weather, thunderstorms can of much higher than 38,000 feet. they can go much higher than the aircraft is capable of climbing so. as pilots, as a rule of thumb, we know we can't always out climb the weather. now, he may have been trying to get out of icing conditions or perhaps theres some other reason turbulence that he wanted to change a lot to yous. >> what's your experience in flying in these conditions? what is it like gest: well, it's not an unusual

situation at all to go through areas of thunderstorms. we have radar. we can normally ease easily avoid the thunderstorms by taking a route that takes us around the most severe parts. and we know that he had modified his flight routed. >> right gest: looking at the radar, xlooumbly the reason was because of the bad weather. >> officials have said that no distress calls came from the plane, itself. is that common? wouldn't the pilots have issued a may day call if there was an emergency on board the aircraft? >> there is really nothing the people on the ground can do. the pilots have to take care of the situations themselves. and other than advising the ground of what is going on, there is no way that the ground is going to really be able to help the pilot very much. >> at least one person has died on a purn on a burning ferry in the adriatic sea.

300 people remain stranded on the ship being towed to an italian port. the details. >> reporter: in stormy sees and bitterly called conditions the ferry continues to burn. some of the passengers have been lifted to safety from the top deck in winds of up to 100 kilometers an hour. the italian coast guard sent four helicopters to the scene. greek and it at y'all fire fighting ships are also on their way several large vessels have circled the ferry trying to shelter it from the winds. >> in the area the weather conditions are very bad with hi wednesday, hail and rain. we can see the passenger ship europa launched a life boat. they are of various nationality nationalities, 234 are greek. another 34 make up the crew. >> they left patros at around 5:30 in the morning local time. its heading to the italian port of ancona.

it is not clear what caused the fire, but it's thought it started in the car deck. in his weekly address at the vatican, pope francis prayed for the victims of the ferry fire. >> i am close to the family members and those who are living through these difficult situations with apprehension and suffering as well as those involved in the rescue operations. >> women, children and elderly on board. many of them have been pleading for help in calls from their mobile homes. the heat of the fire is so intense that some passengers say their shoes started to melt. the ship is in no immediate danger of sinking, but it's drifting towards the albanian coastline rescuing those still on board will be a complicated and dangerous task. al jazeera. >>ays's simon mcgregor wood joins us from rome. what's the latest on the rescue

operation? >> the latest comes from the italian coast guard who are telling us that the rescue operation has now reached the stage whereby they are going to tow. the fire is going on. they are going to tow the ferry, initially they said to the italian coast possibly brindenis or atrento but there is some confusion about that because as you have heard from that report during the courts of the day, prevailing winds has pushed this stricken ferry closer toward the al bainian coast. there are some concerns about where it's going to be towedbanian coast. there are some concerns about where it's going to be towed. it is probably closer to al bain b /* albania. they say it could take many hours, possibly all night before it reaches a safe harbor in this terrible ongoing calamity.

>> thank you simon. simon mcgregor live for us in rome. staying in europe, thousands of vehicles have been stranded in the french alps by snow and ice. the country raised the danger alert to orange the second highest level. here is more. just over a week ago, there were worries about a lack of snow ahead of the ski season. but now france has been hit by a deluge making the journey for those heading to the country's many ski resorts in the alps treacherous. these are just some of the thousands of cars stranded in the snow. >> we have had a jam of people in both directions since about 10:00 this morning. we have steep slopes of six or 7 degrees. >> many people decided to abandoned their cars and could not on foot. others came better prepared with snow chains for their tires. it was expected. i wish they would have come a

day later. i can't wait to get home and jump on my couch. we left an hour ago. we have 15 kilometers to go. we have about 10 now. we are trying to put on our snow chains. there is too much snow. >> in france local authorities have been setting up emergency shelters in at least 12 towns we need to be patient now. it's pointless to get angry. what can we do? >> in other parts of the country, it's wind not snow, that's causing problems. gusts of 160 kilometers an hour in calliet knocked down a first built to keep migrants out of the port. there are thousands living in the area trying to get to britain. winds destroyed their shelters. so many of them are being given help for the night by a local charity. france is preparing itself for more bad weather. >> means more snow and freezing

slippery roads. drivers are being told to delay their journeys if possible. emma hayward, al jazeera. >> still ahead on the newshour as malaysia's government pledges money for flood victims. we talk to the people whose lively hoods have been washed away. >> in an egyptian jail approaching a grim anniversary, we explore the global decline in press freedom. late nerspots action from one of the most spectacular events on the australian's town. >> nato has ended the 13-year combat mission in afghanistan. 13 and a half thousand soldiers will remain to support afghan forces. jennifer glasse attended the handover ceremony in kabul. >> reporter: an end of an era

and a beginning of a new one in afghanistan. nato's isaf force completes its 13-year mission. a much smaller force will take its place on january 1st. the isaf exameder says nato and afghanistan worked together to protect the afghan people and the international community from extremism. since 2001, he says, they have created an atmosphere that fostered progress. nomo cell did. no more female ins school. no more people in school. >> he cautioned there are significant challenges ahead. >> afghanistan has been the longest war for the united states and nato. even though this ceremony marks the end of nato's combat mission here, the fighting isn't over. >> it is in the hands of the afghan securitiforces. november them, it's about thebeen the worst year ever. more than 4,600 soldiers and police have been killed and thousands wounded.

casualties are so high because the afghan troops don't have the nato support they used to. >> we are limited. we have a lot of challenges and the biggest challenge is the air force, the intelligence. we have enough to work on it. >> reporter: the withdrawal has allowed al-qaeda to reestablish training basis in cunar prove incident and taken control of large parts of the country side in many provinces. an insurgency is not beaten on the battlefield. an insurgency can only be overcome. >> that's the process that the president laid out as the path in the future. >> any reconciliation seems a long way off. in addition to the security concerns, the country relies heavily on foreign aid. there is no cabinet three months after the president took. nato says its mission is a success. afghans are concerned the gains of the past 13 years could be

reversed. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> in afghanistan, cost the united states $1 trillion. it ends with the deadliest year on record for civilians, nearly 3,200 have been killed this year. they are among the nearly 20,000 civilian deaths recorded by the u.n. since 2009. 3,500 foreign soldiers and 15,000 afghan troops have also been killed. let's speak to kirk volker the former u.s. ambassador to nato. he works for the mccain institute. he joins us live from washington, d.c. ambassador, good to have you on al jazeera again. nato's secretary general has said today that afghanistan is more stable and more progress per raucous than ever. do you agree with this assessment? has this been a successful mission? >> yes. no. i think that if you look at the metrics of anything you would look at in afghanistan is better today than it was during most of

the course of the past 13 years and certainly than it was in 2001, whether it's kids in school, healthcare, it's power, it's the economy, cell phone coverage. it's anything that's better off. the issue, i think, is when you reduce the international security forces according stoour own timetable because we want to get out it leaves uncertainty whether those gains can be maintained. >> when you see if the talibantable are extending their pour in the region when you see that more people have been killed this year than in previous years, that there are concerns the afghan forces will be able to maintain security that opium production has tripled since the u.s. toppled the talibantable, can you talk about gains? >> you can. i think if you look at the way the society has developed and changed over the past 13 years, again by any measure you would choose, there have been significant gains in society and development. the problem is that i don't think those gains are fully

sustainable and for those reasons you mentioned. the talibantable remains determined. they are fulling coffers with drug money. i think they will find the afghan security forces are not as capable without the international forces backing them as they were before and the numbers we are leaving behind, it's better than nothing. it's an attempt to avoid what happened in iraq with a complete withdrawal but i am still concerned it's not enough to help the afghans really get through a very difficult transition period. >> ambassador volker do you think it's possible to find peace in afghanistan without actually sitting down with the en insurgents without negotiating with the taliban? >> i think that at some point, you have to have a reconciliation in the country. you can't do that at a time when one of those parriesties the taliban is determined to use arms overthrow the coinn constitution and reestablish power by force. if that's the goal with

thetable, which is clearly is clearly stated clearly executed. >> needs to be defeated first. >> what about the future of nato after this mission? this was, of course a huge mission for the nato alliance. do you see them taking on such a mission in the future or was this perhaps too much for the organization? >> well, that's really one of the unknowns and i would say that it's looking very disappointing right now. nato had gone from being a purely defensive military alliance during the cold war to one of the most important alliances for promoting execute and projecting security in driesz management in the world. think about bosnia kosovo isaf in afghanistan or transporting african union groups to darfur as it did at one point. nato has a great potential for crisis management. after the experience in afghanistan, nato will have no ab tight to do that again and as a result, maybe some of these

conflicts will spin out of control. >> thank you very much so much for sharing your insight. good to hear your experience your insight curt volker joining us live from washington, d.c.? >> thank you. >> thank you for your time to malaysia where monsoon floods forced the evacuation of 160,000 people. relief workers are struggling to help them with limited air tra port and fuel supplies. a report from the one of the worst affected areas. >> this is all that's left of astream. five years ago this couple poured their life savings into this internet cafe. today, it's waist deep in water along with their family home. they fear their business will never recover. >> i am very worried because i didn't have enough money to reboot my shop but i really

hope that there's a way from god. >> many in malaysia's northeastern peninsula are worried as floods engulf eight states torrential rains have forced tens of thousands of people to flee from their homes. and seek shelter in relief camps like this high school. numbera walked two kilometers with her 12-day-old and young son after her home became submerged in a matter of hours. >> government should play a europe in these critical situations. they should concentrate efforts on senior citizens and mothers who have just given birth like me. there is a lack of drinking water. >> many malaysians say the government has been slow to respond to the disaster. hundreds of volunteers are trying to fill the gap. many are distributing food drinking water, and even money. medical clinics are being set

up. >> usually, we are worried about contagious disease, if they have diarrhea because they are due to inadequate hygiene. due to inadequate water and cleanliness, it is a great hazard actually. >> urban areas do have access to relief supplies remote communities are facing shortages. >> the government has promised $157 million to help flood haven'tims rebuild their lives. but there are more immediate concerns. many are still stranded in their homes, cut off from emergency aid. karish arizona, porta buyru. >> at least 241 people have been killed and eight are said to be missing. thousands of people have been displaced with a million more affected by the bad weather.

>> now we are approaching a grim anniversary. in just a few hours, three al jazeera journalists will have been imprisoned in egypt for a full year. our colleagues peter greste mohammed familiarh and ba hall of fame mohammed were arrested. they are falsely accused of aiding outlawed muslim brotherhood and damaging egypt's rep take abroad. they maintained they were doing their jobs as journalists and are appealing against their convictions. press freedom groups say more than 200 journalists have been i am prisons. they warn of a growing clampdown. china jails more journalists than any other current tries. after that is iran. eritrea and egypt are in the top 10 worst onding countries. one in five journalists haven't been charged with any offense. mike hannah reports.

>> reporter: there are things an objective journalists takes personally the unjust imprisonment of colleagues in egypt is a case in point. some argue they were inevitable casualties in seismic political change but no rational fact succumbs that they sit in jail. these men are the first to acknowledge that they are among thousands around the globe who have fallen victim in an undeclared war. >> as peter so he will kwechtly put it from his prison sale. we no longer report from the front line. nowadays, we are the front line. no where has this been more bloody than in syria where at least 10 journalists were killed doing their jobs. president most recent bara alderi. as many as nine reporters were killed in iraq at least 7 dead

in ukraine where a new conflict erupted in major zones, governments are directly involved. governments that appear to regard journalists as necessary collateral damage in a pursuit of political ends. thousands of reporters who have been imprisoned around the world bear testament to the fact that in many cases, expression of the media is a matter of law not mere chance. over the past year the rise of non-nation actors unelected militant groups that will use any means to secure an ideological or religious end and in which reporters become chips to bar ter or to be bar bearcally disposed of. yet the power of those who seek to shine light on events remains undiminished. luke some members images of the yemeni people going through dramatic transition glitter

brightly even after he has gone. in these photographs lie a basic truth no matter how brutal the nature of change there will always be those brave and honest enough to report it. >> on the offensei an indigenous group in chili sets up the fight for ancestral land plus. >> i am tom ackerman in pennsylvania where bird researchers study how to improve the chances of the survival against one of the biggest killers action window planes. >> pennsylvania. >> how this cricketer made his debut t back after the break.

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♪ welcome back. you are watching the news hour on al jazeera. a reminder. the search for the missing air asia passenger plane has been called off. the airbus a 320 was carrying 152 people when it lost contact

with air traffic controllers on sunday morning. >> we don't want to speculate any more. >> over 300 people remain stranded on a damaged ferry being towed to an it a lotian port. the shift was loaded with passengers in vehicles when it caught fire in the aid degreedriatic sea. 161 people have been rescued. nato has ended the 13-year combat mission in afghanistan. more than 13,000 soldiers will remain in the country to support afghan forces after the one of the most violent years since the war began. iran says one of its most senior commanders in iraq has been killed brigadier general died in samara. the revolutionary guard said he

was there to advice iraqi troops fighting isil. he said they are not involved in military duty in iraq. joining us from tehran is a journalist at iran's khan newspapers. thank you very much for speaking to us. before we talk about the role of the revolutionary guards inside iraq, what more can you tell us first about hamid agava? how important was he in the iranian revolutionary guards gest: if you are that important one of the places that they will send you would be syria or iraq so he is a top commander and he has a successful track record dealing with the iraq war of the 1980s and he has been to syria and iraq for some time now. he is one the top commanders offering training and support to iraq's military and volunteer forces and he got killed in the line of duty in the holy city of

samara. >> senior iranian officials have in the past denied any revolutionary guard fighters or commanders are inside iraq. but this is not the first revolutionary guard figure to be killed in iraq a colonel was killed deep inside iraqi territory in july. the question is: what role -- they talk about training and support, but isn't there a bit more to it? what support of support? what forces were fighting against isil gest: i think we have to ask the iraqi government officials. they keep thanking iran for offering them support that includes armed supplies training, security intelligence gathering, intelligence shareing these are parts of cooperation that iran has been doing it with these two countries for the past two years or so this is not something that should come as a

surprise. iran has made it clear that holy sites are the red line. >> that's why we have security and military commanders in those two countries offering training and other types of support, security, army forces of those countries. they are going to stay there as long as there is no security in these two countries. remember, iran has been involved until syria for more than two years now for the same reason and now they have been doing the same kind of, you know help and support to the iraqis for the past couple of months since the beginning of the isiltac on iraqi soil. we have to wait and see because iran will could not to be involved for the simple fact that these are holy sites and iraq and syria are iran's closest allies in the region. are they involved in direct combat in fighting, the revolutionary guards involved in

the actual war against isil? >> a very sensitive, you know, question, and we have to be very careful. we have had people killed in syria and iraq while in the line of duty. they were there to defend and protect and offer protection to the pilgrims shia pilgrims. we know over the past month, we had over 20 million pilgrims. somebody had to offer some kind of spoft and protection to these people. we know that there is a power vacuum, execute vacuum in these two countries and iran has to step in and fill up this gap. iran has no other option. we shouldn't -- it shouldn't come as a surprise if they get also killed because they are there to defend by all means necessary and if theres some kind of clashes we will see some kind of, you know casualties so this is not something you will remember. this month alone we had 42 people killed in iraq. we have some kind of security

forces there who killed in the line of duty as well. >> interesting. thank you very much for speaking to us. it's not just iran making its influences felt t iraq forces have targeted isil fighters. the strikes follow two important gains by the iraqi army in salahudin prove incident. a report. >> reporter: militia fighters are celebrating after taking over the iraqi towns. they are supporting the iraqi military's advance of flighters ing to the islamic state of iraq in the levant. dozens were killed and injured on both sides. pro-government militia men say they are in control of both tongues. >> this is the town that used to be infested with snippers who hurt many civilians. we have now managed to retake it for the iraqi people. all iraqis we are ready to

fight back. >> this is an area praise to god we have managed to liberate it. by the help of god, we are the victors. we are the imamidi brigade. >> they are important because they are left in a 100 kilometers from the strong hold, the city of dtikrit. they were controlled by isil and the group launched attacks on samara city. by pushing isilout, security forces consider it a military gain in the battle to retake other parts of saladin prove incident. the u.s.-led coalition fighting isil in iraq and syria has carried out more than a dozen airstrikes in recent days. iraq's defense backed by the shia popular forces and under air cover provided by iraqi and international forces isil fighters have continued their attacks and say they are anti- -- their anti air tack capabilities have forced

opposition jets to leave. up north, the situation is tension as kurdish peshmerga forces advance deeper into the sinjar mountains. fighting has intensified southwest of kir. back in salidhin. they have ligamentous to cut ice ill supply lines on the forms. they want to retake more areas north of samarra city. as the fighting continues, more iraqi civilians become victims and more houses become vacant. al jazeera. leaders of chili's largest indigenous group vowed to step up their effort to take back their land. the territory is disputed and belongs to private companies. lucille newman reports. ♪ >> reporter: outside a courtroom in baldivia the indid you know nus embrace mayor machi, a political, spiritual and religious authority in their

community. minutes earlier, a judge had sentenced milia to a 61 day suspended sentenced, far less than the year she had spent in prison awaiting trial on covering up an arsontac on a forest tree attack. >> our people have attempted all legal and administrative means yet the forestry and hydro electric companies take our land. finally, a large part of the community has decided to confronts them directly and obviously, it will not be pretty. >> reporter: 130 years after they were defeated by the chill ian army they are on the offensive. this sign, across the road abandoned homes with graph eata i warning the col on y'allists to get out. nearby a mil tarized police out post equipped with helicopters and armored anti-riot vehicles

waits for the next confrontation where attacks against farmers and private companies have escalated dramatically. >> there are many mapuche leaders who believe the only way to turn the clock back is by recovering their ancestral land by force if necessary. and this means confronting not just the forest tree hydro electric and mining companies but, also many chileans who believe they have just as much right to this land as the mapuches. >> juan quintes is one. his house is protected by police. they live in an armored container because of repeated mapuche attacks. >> this was my grandfather. >> he refuses to leave the 180 hectares his family has owned for four generations. >> like in the wild west armed mapuches on horseback from nearby communities attack all the time he says burning his

crops, stewill hing or killing his prized horses and very nearly killing his family. he blames the government for recognizing that the mapuches have a right to land but so do too, the private landowners. >> bet the state compensate the mapuches on this land. we were born on this land. if this is not resolved we will end up killing each other. >> chile's indigenous law recognizes the event right of mapuches to land. but now the lights of the whiteman or winka have taken precedence. as their spiritual leader a visit to a mapuchh family. their access to the road and nearby river cut off. their once vast property now reduced to six hebltctares. >> here it is, just a matter of time because the mapuches are fed up and just barely surviving.

little by little, our people are mobilizing to take back our land. >> a reminder to the chilean state that the nation's largest indigenous group once famed for its bravado never formally surrendered. chile. >> let's get more reaction to the end of nato's combat mission in afghanistan after 13 years. joining us on the line a former taliban ambassador. thank you very much for speaking to us. nato says this has been a successful mission in a better place today than 13 years ago. what is your assessment? what's your view? >> i think in afghanistan in 2002, they had this first of all to bring peace to afghanistan. second to bring property buyer

afghanistan again. and then a strong afghanistan. these three promises after nato or american, we have it. afghanistan now and i am sure we have afghanistan. on build up. i think this the next to keep it from the responsibility that they are redrawing it. without the responsibility to afghanistan. in bad condition today in afghanistan. i think this is some kind of thing, not ugly with them but

afghanistan. only way i am happy about that. and we will see if we have to give afghanistan without the influence in the future. i do think they are there. american in their cooperation. otherwise, they will be needed. otherwise, they will be not independent afghanistan. so you say that your if i understand you correctly and i apologize because the phone call is not very clear. are you saying that afghanistan is more stanley today but there is, as you know concern about the future about the ability of afghan security forces being able to maintain security in the country? document they are able they are up to the job, they can do this?

>> no. they cannot complete these. you can hide but the fact is that i think this is not the purpose. i know that they wanted to make afghanistan stable and to continue fighting in afghanistan. >> these will make militia in afghanistan, afghanstani in the bad condition. : but not able to convince the people that they are is able to bring piece. this is the other thing. by negotiation, and this is other thing, but we are happy

that they are living in afghanistan. they said and strong you talk about negotiations and recon situatation we have seentable are trying to make a comeback in afghanistan and what the west fears is that they will eventually get into a powerful position. is negotiating with the taliban and, you know, finding requanciliation processes the only solution today for peace in afghanistan? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. this is the only solution to bring after, politics not through fighting now t they are

able to bring peace and stability to afghanistan but by withdrawing all force from afghanistan and building independent to be chosen by the people of afghanistan not interfering this is the solution. to continue these it kind of ones. some kind of afghanistan pitt. in the future of afghanistan. >> sorry to interrupt you. i'm sorry to interrupt you but you said that afghanistan is not secure today, is not today, than it was 13 years ago, but isn't this the reasons why it's not >> i am not that you canning about anyone that they are killing or not.

in ready bad condition. i think they want to escape from the responsibility i know that in afghanistan, they are just money coming in. >> a stable afghanistan,

independent country and you know what i mean? to be by the people not interference from outside. >> that's all we need in afghanistan. >> thank you very much for speaking to us. >> was abdul salif, former afghan taliban ambassador to pakistan. thank you. still ahead, english premier lead chelsea attempt to put more daylight between themselves and the chase. next on al jazeera. just stay with us.

>> robin is here with sports. >> thank you very much. good to have you alone, everybody. the e english premier league being frustrated by south hampton. saints went into the game foukt in the table. they deserved took the lead at saint mary's scoring after 17 minutes. but with almost the last kick of the half chelsea had a penalty appeal denied. 1-1 is how it ended. from manchester united failed to clench an 8th win in nine. dominating the first half the attempts were repeatedly denied. spurs keeper sec half. a little more even. finished goalless united states with the results. >> when you play your best first half of the season as manchester united we are playing top six

club. premier league and you play like that you don't reward yourself, it's normally beating hull city man city had a 2-goal league wiped out. .22. the score very vital point for them. a goal down against everton to win 3-2. west hal, that sends them level on points with an their their next opponent. battling for champions league qualification. 17 years so i am entitled to believe it.

but it's all to do because when you look at the league everybody fights very hard for it. you have south hampton tottenham, man united so many teams who can fight for these positions. >> winning the sydney to hobart record 8th time. held off a late challenge. damance was about 10 nautical miles behind. the team's 8th race within 10 years broke the record of the yacht mona which took it between 1946 and 1960. yeah. said aside. a real race. it was a full-on race. a lot from comanche from the start. he had to work hard for the

whole thing. it paid off. very, very rewarding. >> indiana's cricketers continue to trail australia's total of the dave. three of the tests in melbourne before coley put 261 for the fourth wicket both making hundreds. third century of the series brian harris with 4 wickets coley's was the last of the day as indian closed on 462 for 8, 68 runs short of australia's first innings total. the west i wanted ease vavuma sadly maiden innings didn't last long. out for 10. a quick fire 58 of 28 balls 417 before declaring in response to

wickets coming from two balls. 55 for 2. unbeaten 50s samuels stabilized the ship windies on with you found 7 for 2, trail by 2 sent rungs. boston celtigs have slumped to the fourth straight loss in the nba. one of the main architects was one of the former players, paul pierce who scored 17 points for his currents team washington wizards. among them it helped 14-2 four minutes into the opening quarter with 18 as the wizards ran out 101 to 88 winners. sport as a mentioned on the website. check out access.com/sport for more. aljazeera.com. sport. >> thanks. thank you so much robin. that's it for this news hour on al jazeera. more news live from london next. stay with us

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