>> a new war in afghanistan. a group loyal to isil kills 35 people. hello, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also on the program saudi arabia follows up weeks of airstrikes by pledging hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to yemen. more desperate migrants arrive on italy's stores far-right groups look to capitalize on the rise of immigration. >> a replica 18th century

warship as she prepared to she prepares to embark on her maiden voyage across the atlanta. >> okay. for the first time a group linked to isil has said it carried out an attack in afghanistan which left 35 people dead. 125 others were injured in the eastern city of jalalabad when a suicide-bomber struck at a bank as government workers queued to collect their pay. from kabul, jennifer glasse reports. >> reporter: the suicide-bomber detonated his vest in a crowd of people lined up in front of the jalal jalalabad banks. the target, civil servants. passersby tried to help the injured and move the dead. >> i saw many people, injured people on the ground.

ambulances arrived very late, and many people died of their wounds. >> two other blasts targeting a shrine. groups affiliated with isil are to blame. >> today, the taliban did not take responsibility. daesh took responsibility. international for for terrorists are responsible. they are not our people. if you're afghan or muslim, stand with us. ghani called this a new war against international terrorists terrorists. the attacks came as parliament approved all of ghani's cabinet picks. it took six months to get here. ghani said that it may take a long time, but they will create a strong government.

>> well, jennifer joins us live now. jennifer claims can't be verified at this point but who might be behind this attack in the eastern city of jalalabad? >> well, president ghani is saying that groups related isil claimed responsibility, and this would mark really a very big shift in afghanistan. it would be the first attack by anyone related to isil in afghanistan. president ghani said that he has been warning the international community for several months that isil is trying to gain a foothold here in afghanistan and it's a world problem and not just a problem for afghanistan itself. afghanistan does not have the sectarian issues that are rife in iraq and syria where isil has more of a food hold. nobody thinks that's it's going to be a very big group but this is a startling development for afghanistan. some people believe that maybe anyone saying they're affiliated with isil is disgruntled with

the taliban but president ashraf ghani calling to ban together against foreign terrorists. >> you mentioned that afghanistan does not have that same sectarian dimension that we've seen in other countries in the middle east that has allowed isil to flourish. what will likely be the response to from the public top ashraf ghani's call to unify in this way? >> afghanistan has seen three decades of war. many people just want peace. the kind of attacks that we saw in jalalabad today targeting civilians really made afghans upset. they're really proud of their security forces. they know that the security forces are still very young and are under resources. president ghani was upset today

because last week there were fighters when were overhemmed, murdered 18 of them, and beheading some of them. the afghan people are doing their best to try and support the security forces. they don't want to see the kinds of attacks that we saw in jalalabad today but it's very hard to protect against. it was a busy, crowded street. you can't have security everywhere. here in kabul there are many check points around town, and many would-be suicide-bombers have been caught, but you just can't be everywhere. >> jennifer glasse from kabul thank you very much. >> now just a day after the united nations launched an appeal for the people of yemen a package of emergency money has been offered by saudi arabia.

$274million has been provided by saudi arabia to help those displaced by water in yemen. that's the exact amount of united nations asked for on friday. saudi arabia is still leading coalition airstrikes in yemen and on saturday 20 houthi fighters were killed. some were killed in gun fights with those loyal in abd rabbuh mansur hadi. let's go to mohammed, who is monitoring things for us close to the border in yemen. what message is saudi arabia accepting sending by pledging in aid money. >> yes saudi arabia wanted to send a message that it is there in yemen not just to defeat the houthis and loyalist has are against saudi arabia.

it is there to help the people of yemen. the two countries are historic neighbors, and they influence each other in many ways. there is over a million yemenis living in saudi arabia and working there as well. on the other hand, saudi arabia also wants to respond to this emergency, this call by the united nations to give this amount of money and it is very difficult to tell to what extend extent this is going to help the yemenis in need. and how quickly. they need this aid today not tomorrow. millions have been affected by this war hundreds of thousands probably displaced and we have seen hundreds have left already the country. the situation there and the relief being talked about is easier said than done because the president obama is how to reach those people. the problem is how to put on the ground some structures that will

help do that in view of the security across the country how is the united nations going to deal with this particularly that we also know that there is a lot of bureaucracy that has to be followed before--to whom are they going too deal with. with whom are they going to coordinate inside the country. it is not clear who is in control of what places, so it is a very difficult task there. >> it will take time for this aid to reach those who are most in need of it, mohammed. what do we know about fighting inside the country. of course, the central city is crucial. we know that 20 houthis were killed in that city. what did we know about what is happening there and also in the southeast province. >> yes, with regards to ties we know it has become the focus during the last few days because the people have become able to

organize themselves, and the saudi airstrikes have helped them do that. because before that the rebels have been almost across the city. now they're being pushed out of the city, and the airstrikes are being targeted towards their places where they exist. they have taken matters in their own hands because you know, oil is crucial in yemen. they have taken control of those oil fields, and we understand that these tribes are loyal to the legitimacy and to president hadi. so we see them moving from place to place, moving from sanaa aden and then taiz. so the fighting is continuing on the ground, mohammed and we've been talking about a desperate humanitarian situation. aid has been pledged b clearly it will take time for logistics and to actually organize getting these ships there.

iran has proposed a four-point peace plan, but this has been rejected by saudi arabia and other gcc states? >> yes iran in the eyes of saudi arabia and gulf allies is much more of a problem. it is more of a problem than the solution. they look at every proposal coming from iran with a little bit of mistrust. iran has tabled a four-point plan focusing mainly on the humanitarian side, the cease-fire and on the broad government however the saudis look at this, they look at it suspiciously, and they think that it fell short of what is needed to put pressure on the houthis to withdraw because in the eyes of the saudis, and loss of the legitimate government of yemen, the haughties have stage a coup. >> forgive me for interrupting you, but the press conference is

underway. the spokesman for the saudi-led coalition, let's listen in. >> in order to make the lives of yemeni much better, to the united nations with a lump sum. also the arab emirates two aid planes with food, which reached djibouti two days ago. they were taken to the vessels by sea to other ports.

also tomorrow we continue also another sea bridge, which reached yemen and also the coalition on the ground to distribute the aid, in order to reach the yemeni. we'll be giving details about all of the emergency aids, and also to alleviate the yemeni people. today we open up the air space for the coalition forces in order to use the sea and air. this is with--this would also enforce the aid work, and we can

use the djibouti port and the yemeni port. the aid will make a difference to the yemeni people, and these things become normal, on a daily basis. now the check points in the border areas between the yemeni and the saudi arabia everybody

knows the border in tuol, we have to be--check the citizen and we have to ask them about who they belong to, and who is supporting the government and affiliations. these check points in the port, also and also at the airports. we start to detain all those militias who are not respecting the and we have news some aid workers have been kidnapped and

other behaviors especially the aid workers of the red cross and also we told you about the plane which has been forced to land and the investigation they are forcing declarations so they can be in the same facing danger so we can make it to the coalition forces. we would like to confirm again this is the only area allowed to give clearance.

this is what second place with the plane that landed without permission. it was forced to land and be investigated. and therefore the yemeni government there is no clearance or permission so we can avoid any danger that would occur. of course, concerning the military operations as we've seen in the last few days we

have seen supporters of the deposed president and brigade fighting against the militia and also the rebels, and there was a target in the presidential palace in taiz, as you will see from the video, it was just a di before the demolition weapons, and from there they will organize its citizens, and which also also inside taiz and also in some areas of aden now

we're targeting the movement which is going towards the north of sanaa and the information that the houthi militia will prepare you for operation towards the saudi border and in the area of sanaa and everybody knows that is their reserve. the reserve of the yemeni military. so they are trying to move north north, it has been targeted by the air forces and some of the members of the resistence.

and also the aim of targeting the areas in the brigade in the east of aden and also where they have tried to gather the military vehicle and try to make it work. and also the support of the economies inside aden or other areas in order to continue with population against the houthi militias. they will be coming in the position of defense and cannot continue because they are actually trying to stop their

isolation and stop operating. much they stop the houthi also when we stop doing the type of ground population, the popular committees they now start recognizing areas where they will hide ammunitions in some houses.

and it will continue, and the improvements of the operations and against these rebels. militia rebels. part of the operations in sanaa are continuing, and you can see the explosions which contain ammunitions storage. some of the military commitment has been targeted yesterday.

especially missile launches and also the storage which was in site of the ammunition storage. this took place in taiz. the presidential palace, which

was used as an ammunition storage, and also there was fuel inside the storage. the operation showed houthi in saada. they will create operations. the death of one of the members on the ground of the saudis. there were some casualties, and

there was fire. they turned the fire accordingly. and we have confirmed that the coalition forces that's the borders, the saudi borders would be safe and would not allow the militias to threaten the border. this was deep within the areas where they are moving and it would allow the militias to carry on with this operation which aim to support in a bigger scale. they tried to get the forces. we have not chosen that. it is us who will decide the time and place that we will engage on the ground. the operations that we made sure

that they got easy access, and safer and to ensure that the aid gets to the hands of the yemeni people. through is a big number of the tribes join in in some of them events. they have given support and now

time for the questions questions >> how do you feel with those who are rejoined-- >> we've been listen to what is happening inside yemen. let me run you through a couple of points. he mentioned the humanitarian situation saying that djibouti would open up air space to allow the delivery of aid but nothing more specific than that. he said that strikes continue in aden sanaa and in taiz where the presidential palace has been targeted. he reiterated that the local tribesmen in the southeast southeast tribes claiming

support of president hadi. thank you for joining us. in terms of the aid there, we have nothing specific on exactly how much aid would go in, and how it would actually get to people in need. it's a very difficult situation right now. there is no one body of control in many of these places. can the aid be physically disattributed to people in this situation? >> the u.n. has declared there is 150,000 people who are displaced that have had to move out. they're obviously dispersed in different parts of the country and of course moving between organizations and we must not forget this is not just the houthi rebels. we have al-qaeda, we've got islamic state or i.s. as they call themselves, rating operating there. we have a big problem of

security. it's much like get getting aid in the syrian zone. and in my opinion it's worse in yemen. there's a big question whether the people in most need will get aid certainly in the short term. >> you mention mentioned that fuel storage sites have come under attack missiles launchers and scud missile, what can we draw from that in terms of the kind of pressure that houthies and the saleh loyalists are coming under on the ground. >> this is a classic air campaign for conventional war. the first thing you do is target the enem enemy's air system and then thorough supply and logistical systems. that's what they're doing but

this is not a conventional enemy they're going up against. and one of the problems, and he indicated they were about to target one of those houses. the problem is if you blow up a house full of ammunition in an urban area you're really asking for collateral damage and casualties. what they're doing is a very recognizable campaign. the problem, of course, is that it may not have recognizable results. >> a quick one this is yemen's third largest city, and we know that houthies have taken control of parts of this city before the airstrikes have started. can they maintain their presence in the city under this sort of pressure from the saudi bombing? >> we don't know, but others for example aq, when in iraq, managed to with stand a great deal of pressure from the american coalition when you had fallujah, are are ramadi.

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