ra america. >> the cost of war - the u.n. says 5,000 afghan civilians have been killed or injured in conflicts this year alone hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from our doha headquarters. also coming up two passenger trains derail in central india killing at least 27 people. we'll be live from new delhi with the latest. a protest against a possible closure of schools that could affect half a million children. a video showing two

teenagers beaten up by the military goes viral so almost 5,000 civilians have been killed or injured in afghanistan this year. united nations says that includes a growing number of women and children. 1,592 civilians were killed between january and june, a 1% increase on the same period last year. another 3,329 afghan civilians were wounded, surpassing last year's casualties figures, the highest ever. a growing number of victims were women and children. 23% more women are hurt 13% more children. >> jennifer glass spoke to a family mourning the loss of their son. >> reporter: this man says his days are full of suffering. his only son, a 14-year-old, was killed by a blast wave of a nearby suicide bomb attack.

>> translation: he was a good smart, brave boy. he told me all the time that he wanted to be a lawyer the attack that killed him was on the main road to kabul airport. the tart a military convoy of foreign soldiers. afghan civilians were injured and died. >> when the suicide attacks happened the poor people suffered because in every suicide attack many people died and/or are injured. it's all civilians, poor people like me who are working for their families. >> reporter: the united nations casualties are high. with a 23% rise in female casualties and children being hit. the report documents the devastating consequences of the conflict, upon afghan men, damage

to afghan lives must be met by a new government by all parties to the conflict to protect civilians from harm. >> reporter: while anti-government fighters include 20% of casualties the use of mortars and other fighters by pro-government farces many he killed and injured 60% more than last year. more than 5,000 civilians have been killed or injured. the main forces ground fighting roadside and other bombs. suicide attacks and other killings. amid the violence, the u.n. is calling for a new commitment to protect civilians from arm. it's too late for the family of this man trying to cope with the loss of a brother and son such troubling figures.

a senior analyst joins us live from kaboom why this surge in casualties, do you think. >> well as the international troops leave afghanistan, they are leaving behind a military mess, a security situation here is deteriorating. record numbers of security forces are being injured. 60 or 70% in 2015 as compared for the previous year and we expect to see casualties rising as the overall situation deteriorates. >> terrible as it is but not entirely unexpected. yes, that's right. in fact what we are seeing in some ways is divergence where civilian casualties are up. the number of soldiers and taliban fighters is climbing

sharply, and it reflects that the taliban used to hide and plant bombs, and used to see a lot of tonnage of force being dropped on afghanistan. and that's not really the case no more. it's more about dirty face to face fights between afghan forces and taliban, and that is happening outside the villages meaning you are not seeing the casualties rise as quickly as casualties are rising on both sides, what does it say about the current state of the conflict? >> well overall, things are worse this year than they have been at any point from a security standpoint since 2001. for the first time we are seeing district centers in the north being overrun by insurgents the security forces launched

counteroffensives, and we are seeing pressure. the ability of the afghan government to move convoys, bullets, troops and other suppliers to different parts of country is coming under pressure. so i think what is needed here is commitment by the international community to continue support for the afghan security forces in this difficult time. >> we'll leave it there. thank you rescue teams are searching for survivors trapped in the wreckage of two trains which tumbled off tracks in india. 23 were killed, 300 were rescued. the train travelling in the opposite direction derailed within minutes of each other on a bridge hit by flash floods. some carriages were swept into the river and some passengers swept away. let's go live to new delhi. what is the latest?

>> well rescue crews believe they have rescued mostly everyone left alive on the trains. they sent in teams from the task force with specialised equipment in case anyone is alive. they are unsheer if anyone is in there. they are certain everyone is out. they are sending in the team to be sure. now, they are clearly certain that there was flash flooding causing the derailment to happen. this is the monsoon season in india. heavy rains, and that weakens the ground under the railway tracks, which accumulated - several tracks went by when the trains came in yesterday evening, that was pretty much the straw that broke the camel's back. causing the strains to derail. the railway minister is to

address parliament, and he said he'd address the issue giving a better explanation and more details on what happened. accidents are a big, big problem in india. there were extenuating circumstances, could it be an infrastructure problem or unavoidable? >> well there are infrastructure problems throughout the railways. this is a massive railway network serving tens of billions. there's calls for years that they need to be improved. old to be replaced. there's tens of thousands of crossings where accidents happened all the time. railway officials say it's something they couldn't account for. the monsoon is a yearly event in india. many say that railways in other government officials should be ready for these type of things and not being prepared or

planned. the fact that the government will investigate family is all the government does according to critics, the government needs ta look at the railways improving and modernizing infrastructure, to prevent the incident happening again in the future. >> thank you very much meanwhile, two members of india's border security force has been killed and others injured in an attack. a gunman firing on a convoy in the indian-administered region of kashmir. a gunman has been killed two others have been captured pakistan's supreme court ruled the secret military court can pass the sentence on civilians. the ruling following an attack last year killing 150 people. kamal hyder is in islamabad. >> as far as the reaction from the activists, civil rights activist is concerned.

this is a major setback. however, it must be understood that after a deadly massacre and attack on the army and peshawar parliament moved a session came out with the 21st amendment, allowing the formation of the military. it was a civil rights activist that changed the ruling and, therefore, an order was issued by the supreme court which stopped the executions of six convicted criminals tried by the military court ratified by the military chiefs. so the whole process was put on hold deliberations were under way in the court, and decided that the 21st amendment was legal and was the doctrine of necessity, that pakistan had to do something in order to crush the wave of terrorism. so the court - those objections were upheld the government decision for the formation of

the military court, meaning the military courts can do their work. >> more than 1,000 people gathered at the u.n. relief and work station headquarters in imam protesting against a closure of schools. teachers workers and refugees who came from camps across the country. they say they are running out of funds and may have to suspend classes across the middle east. close to half a million children could be affected. many of those are in gaza. the u.n. has 245 schools with over 200,000 students. in the west bank close to 100 schools will have to close their doors. 69 schools with 2,000 students operate in lebanon, and in jordan the u.n. runs 192 schools, chasing 115,000 imam. >> protesters here at headquarters in imam are calling

on the international community to show responsibility towards 5 million palestinian refugees in the region georgia, syria and western gaza. on board they are facing a shortfall of 101 million. this shortfall is threatening to delay the start of the new academic year at the schools across the region. if funding is not received in the next 10 days they may be stopped. operations and leave 500,000 children in the region without education as well as 22,000 out of their jobs. palestinians and the protesters here are saying this is unacceptable. the international community, should they provide the funds, so that children are not the basic right with education, and

say it's too early for the international community to stop aid because palestinians and refugees are still living under international protection in the region, and need to receive the badly needed infrastructures, until there is a resolution for the palestinian israeli conflict. there needs to be funding since, and they should not have to remain without education. the schools are unable to correspond with school because they are accommodating syrian students from the refugees and as well as most families are not able to pay for private education. >> let's move on to iraq where 15 soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack believed to be carried by i.s.i.l.

sources say a car bomb went off north of ramadi. 10 others were injured in the attack. let's go straight to jam juice in the capital baghdad. what do you have for us? >> this is an attack underscoring how tough the fight against i.s.i.l. is going, there were two attacks, the attack in the northern part of the city a suicide car bomber a tactic configuration of soldiers. 10 injured. they are being treated in local hospitals. a couple of hours before that in the southern part of city there was another attack, another i.s.i.l. car bomber went with a vehicle for configuration of army units. this attack was foiled the bomb didn't go off, none injured or killed underscoring how tough the fight was at a title the government tried to assure citizens of the country, where

ramadi is located. that they are winning the fight against i.s.i.l. a lot of questions as to how much longer that will take. >> and a government talked about this being over quickly, why has it taken so long. >> you had the prime minister abd-rabbu mansour hadi coming out. he has made promises as had iraqi officials that the area will be cleared and retain from i.s.i.l. in a matter of days. when that happened there was skepticism from the government, from this region and that was propaganda. they were realistic. since then because it has been a tougher talent. many say it's been taking longer than we like. they were going at it because they were afraid of mounting hey put a lot of equipment in civilian

neighbourhoods. because of that the iraqi government says they are taking it slow. instead of saying it will be a matter of days it will be a matter of weeks. as we saw today, the two attacks that happened in ramadi showing how tough going it is for the iraqi government backed as they are by coalition fighters. >> thank you very much. >> turkish prosecutors are seeks sentences for 18 terrorists. they published a photograph showing a prosecutor held at gun point by a member left in march. he was later killed in a failed rescue attempt. turkey is one. top gaolers of journalists worldwide still to come in the programme:. >> what we do now will affect our lives and the lives of our children and grandchildren. in israel america and

everywhere. >> israel's prime minister appeals to u.s. jewish groups to block the nuclear deal as president obama makes a case for it. plus... >> as japan marks 20 years since the hiroshima bombing. i'm harry fawcett in hiroshima where we here from victims about to launch a court case about the first nuclear attack.

hello again, you are watching al jazeera, a reminder of the top stories - 9,000 have been killed or injured in afghanistan so far

this year. a growing number of victims are women or children two passenger trains derailed after being hit by flash floods in the indian state of pradesh. 27 people have been killed, and 300 rescued about 1,000 gathered at the u.n. relief and works agency headquarters in jordan's capital. the organization is running out of money and may have to suspend glasses across the middle east -- classes across the middle east for four months. >> binyamin netanyahu made an appeal to jews across the state to reject the nuclear iran deal. kristen saloomey looks apt the lobbying efforts as the u.s. congress considers the agreement. >> u.s. president obama and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu are battling for the backing of american jews. binyamin netanyahu appealed to them directly in a web cast, arguing that the iran deal was dangerous.

>> the deal does make it harder for iran to produce one or two nuclear weapons in the sort term. it does so at a terrible price, because the deal makes it easier to build dozens of nuclear weapons in a little over the decades. . >> there's a lot at stake... >> reporter: some jewish american groups are among vocal opponents in the united states. they've been targetting members of congress who had until mid-september to approve the deal with ads. here they called out charles schumer, yet to say how he'll vote. members of congress have been under pressure, leaving democratic lawmakers torn between vocal constituents and loyalty to the president.

not all jewish americans are against the deal. some polls suggest the majority favour it. >> outside the jewish center in new york, where families swim and take classes opinions were mixed. >> i don't think it's a good idea to give them all that money. i'm considering where some. terrorists came from. i'm not familiar by any means with the entire situation. >> reporter: there were plenty of supporters. >> it's definitely better than nothing. yes. . >> this deal is better than nothing. >> give me something better. i don't like it. give me something better. >> the left leaning j street lobbying group is scaling up its own advertising campaign in favour of the deal. president obama has been meeting jewish american groups at the white house. >> the deal is a strong deal, an historic opportunity, diplomacy

is better than war, and i think the deal brings iran under an international framework of monitoring nuclear capabilities. republicans almost universally opposed the administration on iran, many democrats are watching the lobbying and polls before saying how they'll vote. the 70th anniversary of the first nuclear attack is on thursday. united states air force dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima of japan, 40,000 of its citizens died in the attack and the months that followed the world war ii. harry fawcett has been in hiroshima to see how the people recovered from the war.

the hills above hiroshima offers rice, auberines, and other produce. it's been called a blessing from heaven. 70 years ago they were cursed with rain from a man made hell. >> translation: we were soaked with black. the roots were glistening like i will. it rained so hard. >> when the u.s. air force dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nawasaki, radioactive debris was swept into the air, mixed with moisture and fell as rain. this village lays outside the officially accepted black rain zone. he and dozens of others launched legal actions to have their experiences and medical conditions recognised as stepping from the attack. >> with every effort i hope we can make the truce be recognise the. that is my wish. >> reporter: there's more than 180,000 designated survivors. of the hiroshima and nawasaki attacks living. this year the average age rose above 80. the blast happened 600m in the air, 160 meters south-east of the iconic dome. to prove a link between that moment and the present day illness, a link that could

entitle you to aid. you have to prove as an adult or child or unborn baby, you were within 2km of that point, within 2km of that point within two weeks of the blast, or that you were where exposed to large numbers of survivors, or that you were living within a government-designated radio fallout zone this professor studied long legal battles that resulted. >> the initial radiation lead to 2km, within 2 kilometres. residual radiation will spread to a wider area. depending on the age and sex, and influence, it will be difference. >> this person was 4km from the center of the atomic blast in nagasaki. for the last 20 years he's battled ill health, including two bouts of cancer.

the government recognised the cancer as a-bomb related, not so a new serious heart problem. >> i can't silently watch my friends from elementary school die one after the other, i have to carry their feelings inside me, fighting on in court. >> the land around the area has been cleansed of radioactive poison that fell. but for many that survived the horrors, it's a battle ground. the widow of former south australia deputy prime minister warren truss says identification of plane debris could come this week part of a wing from 777 in toulouse. they'll try to establish whether it came from malaysia airlines flight mh370 which widow of former south korean president is making a rare visit to north korea. she is on a humanitarian mission, with speculation that she could meet kim jong un who

approved the strip. her late husband pushed for closer ties with pyongyang, and won a nobel peace price for trying to reconcile with nooe re police in mexico city released video showing three suspects outside the apartment of a murdered photo journalist. rubin was found shot with four others. he said he felt threatened by the state's government. 11 journalists have been killed in the past five years where drugs cartels are powerful a government investigation is being held in guatemala after a video showing two police beating two teenagers went viral. >> reporter: they are images that shocked guatemala. soldiers savagely beating two young men, 80km west of the guatemala city. the soldiers asked the

adolescence why they were running and warned them this is how they were trained. the video went viral in guatemala, after surfacing over the weekend, and has called into question the military's role in helping to police the country. guatemala human rights workers show the video with a clear abuse of power. police protection has been requested for the young men and their families. >> using violence against violence is not the way to solve things, that's why there are laws. there are procedures and laws that need to be respected, and human rights need to be respected by all team. >> the department capital - people were shaken by the video. maria core says the soldiers acted like drunks fighting in the streets, rather than government authorities. >> i felt their pain inside me. i have children. it makes me think what would i do if something like this

happened to them. it's wrong. they were doing it in fun. >> it sounds like francis were victims of extortion. rum ours that they may have been part of a gang has not hardened his opinion. >> this is not the correct way to treat aeven iy are delinquent they should be judged according to the law. this is not the way to resolve anything while the people we spoke to hearsay they condemn the violence comment on social media show some agree with the soldiers' actions here in a country with high murder rates, and iron fists approached crime. it's a popular one. >> it was the promise of law and order that brought the retired general out, and back to power in 2012. but for a country recovering from a brutal 36 year war, many feel the army with suspicion.

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