rewind spell of the hour on al-jazeera. the or are. the u.s. and the taliban sign a deal seen as a step towards ending the 18 year war in afghanistan and paving the way for american troops to withdrawal. this is a hopeful moment the foot only the beginning. of the u.s. warns that it will cancel the agreement if the taliban doesn't respect it. my. and how my hidden and this is al jazeera my from doha also coming up. turkey's president says he will not stop refugees from heading to europe as thousands more fought for the border with greece . and a big week in u.s.

politics as the democratic presidential primary heads to south carolina. after more than 18 years of war a deal between the u.s. and the taliban has put afghanistan on the path to what many hope will be a permanent peace sign into place here in qatar a few hours ago and in 18 months of talks one of the key components of the deal plans for a complete withdrawal of all u.s. and nato troops within 14 months if the taliban sticks to its part of the deal the u.s. secretary of state might been pale flew in for the signing he says the agreement is a crucial 1st step toward peace. today is a historic day for the united states of america and the american people. today we have taken a decisive step toward peace real peace in afghanistan. just as

any worthy journey begins it is a 1st step nearly 19 years ago american barked at a noble mission to mightily pursue the terrorist perpetrators as the temporal at the tacks and their evil supporters and to prevent such a heinous attack from ever happening again well that's. the agreement marks a new chapter in afghanistan's history. we are committed to this agreement to enforce it also we want as a political force to maintain with our neighbors positive relationships with all the afghan nation has been suffering for the past 4 decades we have suffered tremendously and i hope that with the withdrawal of all foreign forces from afghanistan that the afghan nation under the islamic regime will embark on a new prosperous my. separate ceremony was held in the afghan capital kabul us

defense secretary mark asper and nato secretary general young stoltenberg were present and issue a joint statement with afghanistan's president. spoke about the forthcoming talks with his government his government will hold with the taliban to a political settlement our agenda for discussion with the taliban be wider than their discussions with the united states they should be ready to discuss their relationship with their state and non states sponsors a verifiable system for cutting off their ties with all transnational terrorist groups their dependence and involvement the narcotics and other transnational criminal organizations positively. well we have a team of correspondents following the latest developments ellen fisher is standing by in washington d.c. will be speaking to him in a moment but 1st let's go to some a binge of aids he joins us live from doha summit you were at the signing of that deal a momentous occasion by all accounts. absolutely it is been 10 years in the

making when the united states 1st started talking to the taliban then led by mullah mohammad omar and 7 years of establishing an office here in doha and the last 18 months of a flurry of meetings the negotiations between the united states and taliban has resulted in the signing of this deal as you heard from all parties to the conflict they see it as a historic 1st step there is cautious optimism that this will lead to words lasting peace in afghanistan but that caution is quite important underlying details of disagreement have come to the fore with which are the united states has decided that it will be drawing all of its troops conditionally of course from of going to stand in the next 14 months that 1st week of reduction in violence with the success of the taliban negotiators who were here told us that the 1st week was a test for the taliban to show that they are committed to this process and the next

commitment needs to be shown from the united states and the government it supports by releasing 5000 prisoners after this. gun dialogue is supposed to begin so far have not decided on where that process will begin but they are hopeful that this is going to lead to words more dialogue more negotiation more reconciliation between various factions you have to remember that there were many attempts by many sides including those inside of ganesan and outside of the understand according to the taliban to sabotage this peace process and those attempts are going to continue as well but all in all the cut 3 hosts the pakistanis who are here the turks and others who want to see are going to say that they want to see peace than of the understand have welcomed this move they say that this is going to be albeit in a mentor occasion to start with but the real work has just begun and all sides in of going to stand will have to come together realizing that the taliban still says

that it does not. recognize the afghan government as a legitimate government it sees them as a proxy set up by the united states and also other. important issues such as the name islamic emirate of afghanistan the release of prisoners the reduction in violence the dollar the u.s. troops will need to be discussed in detail by afghans as all sides say this has to be an afghan led of god or process for the peace to be lost. sam a binge of a life present though her thank you very much indeed let's get the view you know from the united states and fisher is in washington d.c. for us and allan cautious optimism being signaled at the signing of that deal here is that white house reaction to this inherit the american public likely see perceive this deal with the taliban. well suddenly get an idea of how donald trump is going to play this in the next hour or so he's just to travel to nearby in

maryland just across the potomac where he's going to speak to conservative conference he's going to tell c pac that he wanted to bring american troops back from foreign wars places like afghanistan he wanted to make them safe and the way to do this is through a peace deal with the taliban you remember he wanted to do this back in september last year in fact he invited taliban representatives to camp david which is the presidential retreat surprisingly that was over the weekend of the 911 commemorations in new york so that was thought to be a misstep by the white house but that never actually happened because there was a killing of a u.s. soldier and donald trump immediately canceled the idea saying that he didn't know if there would ever be a peace talk with the taliban at that point the envoy and the state department continued their quiet negotiation and that got us to the point where at no certainly donald trump since before 2016 has been talking about bringing american troops back is something that he is. running his reelection campaign on he wants to

see reduced numbers abroad because it costs a lot of money to do that he tried in syria when he suddenly announced he was withdrawing all american troops from there and didn't quite work out after the pentagon another said look you need to keep some numbers there so you'd like to see this work in afghanistan at the moment there's about 12000 american service personnel there that come down to around 8200 but if you contrast that to the height of the so-called surge it was around 10120000 american service people in afghanistan at that point no one has been some criticism of this deal certainly has come from democrats but there's also some republicans who are deeply worried they say look we shouldn't be dealing with the taliban that made promises that they haven't followed through on before but i think my computer was addressing them directly it is a. news conference in doha in the last few hours when he said look we know exactly who are dealing with and as far as he's concerned there's

a lot of interlocking agreements so the troop drawdown will only happen if the taliban order their side of the agreement that certainly the model the there walking to there will be some concern nor among hardliners because of the language used by the taliban spokesman and qatar he said they were looking for a strong as lamech system with islamic values and also said that they would look to change the name of the country from the islamic republic to the islamic emirate of afghanistan that will concern some people here in the united states but there's no doubt the people of america are probably tired of the war in afghanistan it is no been going on for 19 years it is america's longest war if there is the potential to bring it to an end i'm sure they will support donald trump and anything he is doing to achieve that ok alan fischer life as in washington d.c. thank you very much indeed. the hamid has been looking at high people in

afghanistan feel about the agreement. it's a momentous time for afghanistan many still in this believe that what had been unthinkable is happening the u.s. and the taliban agreeing with each other mohammed as eases a beat this has been the most peaceful week kabal has seen in years we can go out of our homes without. fear of anything so it's been a good week yeah they're actually means it's between their money can only tell us that it's a real effect. that will be have lots of effects on afghan people because the. security of afghanistan is in the hands of the americans but outside of kabul in jabal siraj shakur mohammad wonders about his future he has links feelings the taliban ruled here before so he knows them well they are something. fast they're

all southern and it's bad if the taliban come back i won't be able to run my business they forbid music i will have to leave the country for the past 40 years foreigners didn't let us live in peace that's why the country is in this situation it's maybe better if they leave but there will be no peace with the taliban it will be worse i'm scared the war has been devastating for bibi girl her husband a soldier the national army was killed in a suicide attack in her whole province of little man then another 4 members of her family died in another attack being a widow with 7 children is stuff they help out by polishing shoes on the streets or begging in the market lot now we've never had any help from anyone it's a miserable life my sons collect charge so we can burn it in the stove the foreigners must stay i haven't seen anything good from the government and the taliban destroyed our lives it's because of them. we became it's humiliating only

the foreigners can help us. the taliban controls nearly half of the country mainly rural areas where most of the war against american troops unfolded people have been told that they will fully withdraw soon and there's a sense of victory on the. people are happy we also want peace and security taliban are committed to their promise the fighters obey whatever orders they get this is a big success for us back in the cities it up my year is worried she was born as a refugee in iraq now she's a university student part of a new generation full of aspiration everybody knows that tal advanced your ideals like how limited and close minded they are and if they come to the government like officer the they can of implementor an officer they can implement and people there will be hard as the women column on i'm never good with women. the people

working in the government are often sells these do not have peace between themselves and i don't think everyone has risen someone else like polamalu if only goes well do us will pull out its troops the taliban and afghan leaders might find a compromise but many afghans remain cautious about the future they've seen many full stones before but at the. couple. well many afghans are in pakistan hisor spoke to some of them in the refugee camp they told him about their hopes for returning home now that the deal is signed there is a overall and we've been talking to the afghan refugees. peace another one it's done would mean that they would be able to go back to their country the thought of bungled only here thought of the very hopeful about the peace deal between the taliban and the us peace will also help us finally return home to afghanistan. campbell we are happy with this agreement because it will bring peace in

afghanistan and we will return to our homeland by get. there any deed rates really lead to a settlement or not run it on one own and. really that bad of course is going to prove to be more difficult given the fact that there are theory or difference between dr abdullah abdullah and author of lani dr abdullah had already said there david form a crowd a little government which of course would complicate matters or did for local very important you see what happened in the. dialogue and read the dad would be able to make the down turn and head way to bring back we entered that war torn country. so to come on al-jazeera. i make lists marking the parts that i go on and be olympic qualifying rounds for african boxers lined up next how things are being affected by the world of viral. races king appoints

a new prime minister begin to institute a week long political power struggle. but . the wind directions about to change again across arabian peninsula was used to it was active front the front of frontal system if you're not running through turkey says still never have to assess know to go with showers of rain to the south of that so it's still miserable in parts of syria to the south more of a southerly rees's warm things up dusty weather but $27.00 in doha to buy the same in dubai mists the same is true for southern side it was that suddenly returned to a northerly so is the case when these systems go eastwards so also iran gets the snow and the right i'm tucker southern caspian it's quite stormy there the sun comes out house where the temperature remains about the same but it feels better but there's more of a the temperature drops in for example they're high probably

a bit of a dusty but no worse than usual i would have thought but we have got more just than usual that you can't see it by satellite over north africa for a couple of weeks that we've had that cold nor their own dancer egypt as no longer particularly cold you see temperature in cars a 20 to 24 hours work but the wind itself is occurs around through northern chad and into. becomes quite strong picks up the dust and brigs dust storms further south to join up with the rain coming up in 2 for example says nigeria but dust is the main thing in somehow. frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires usage really wiping out the politics of climate change informed opinion the economy i think is actually what's keeping domino trouble float right now critical debate sequel of those 2 is going to bring forward the lawyers on a bogus argument is astonishingly patronize

a in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. world. my. this is out as a reminder over top stories this hour the u.s. and the taliban have signed a deal and qatar that could pave the way to peace the access of foreign troops and a prisoner swap deal depends on the taliban living up to its commitments afghan president ashraf ghani says he hopes the deal paves the way to an apparent

ceasefire in the afghan government and the taliban are expected to negotiate a political settlement. now turkey's president stretch of time i heard on says his country's borders have been opened for refugees heading to europe thousands have been gathering at the land border with greece greek police used tear gas and stun grenades to keep the refugees and migrants turkey says it can no longer host them the decision follows an attack on turkish forces in northwest syria we're facing has caused another humanitarian crisis this couple though the much much stronger collar just turkey is not receiving any support nor are the refugees we will open our borders for the refugees to flee into europe and as we speak 18000 people have crossed the border by the end of today 25000 will cross on to europe and from this day on we will not close our border simply because the e.u. has not fulfilled the promises it made we will do all we can until we win this

fight. greece's prime minister is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the ways the wave of refugees and migrants coming from turkey this was the scene earlier as a group landed zone the greek island of lesbos just 15 kilometers off the turkish coast security controls are being tightened off the aegean islands with dozens more coast guard vessels being deployed johnson is following developments from the greek island of last boss where thousands of migrants are still awaiting asylum he says a new wave of syrian migrants adds more pressure on the greek governments and refugees already adds morea camp. the frustrations are high among them particularly since a new law took effect on the 1st day of this year which fast tracked new applications in an effort to increase the rate of returns back to turkey of those who are rejected for asylum here in greece and keeps the numbers flowing through the island at the rate at which they're arriving and doesn't create this massive backlog that

you see here but of course that fast track process for new arrivals disadvantages all of those people who've arrived in the last 2 years who are still here we spoke to a family earlier that has just been pushed back 10 months for their asylum interview there's no school operating on these premises there are no incomes for these people to make so they're just waiting which is a difficult task it requires tremendous patience and fortitude and of course the greeks are also extremely frustrated because they're all of groves have been chopped into firewood because their island is constantly on the news as a refugee. essentially staging post in a state of emergency so they've lost a lot of their tourism industry they are extremely unhappy with government plans to build a new closed detention center somewhere else not here in moria in fact earlier

this week a few days ago there were violent clashes between the local residents and the police that was dispatched from athens in order to enable moving machinery to disembark from ships and move up into the north side of the island where the original plan for the new camp. was but that work has now ground to hold as the government engages again with local government to decide on a new site. there's been another spike in corona virus cases a new infections continue to climb outside china iranian state t.v. reports it's another 2. 295 new infections in just 24 hours a jump from the previous tally of 3889 new deaths were reported its cases are rising rapidly in south korea as well and $600.00 more were confirmed on friday with $146.00 days to go until the tokyo lympics are still date sense to whether it

will go ahead because of the coronavirus but athletes around the world are doing all they can to make it to japan nicholas huck reports from senegal capital dhaka where africa's boxing of them put qualifiers are taking place. meet algerian boxer room ice she's preparing for a qualifying fight for the tokyo olympic games at the age of 25 while m. is already african champion but she's never taken part in the olympics she's been training for years for this fight hoping to make history and bring back gold not just for algeria but for all african women on the continent but there's one threat she didn't see coming the coronavirus. let her know there is where we don't say this and he i mean it's a very very good country and they would do all they can to you know for our safety the virus has reached africa with the latest confirmed case in his hometown in

algiers and now in lagos nigeria the virus was brought to each country by people travelling from italy where an outbreak began in the north of the country with the w.h.o. monitoring the situation to see if the olympic games themselves can safely take place this summer but there is no 0 risk in organizing any mass gathering at this moment in time but we needed to do for each gathering and the religious gathering starts for its kind of the rings for business gatherings all over the world all of the type we need to have clearly a risk management approach for those events no special measures have been put in place during africa's boxing qualifying event here in dakar. here the fire and i think this is the home with her during events like this where people were influenced by somebody or other of the corona virus spreads the most dangerous is both her supporters and out of the us. this is boiling as qualifying fight

there's no shortage of fluids being exchanged. after 2 rounds of them delivers a series of blows and wins the fight entering the finals it is the moment well and has been waiting for making history by becoming the 1st woman in algeria to qualify for the olympics. despite the threat of coronavirus it seems there's no stopping her. nicholas hock al-jazeera the car. i voters in the u.s. state of south carolina have begun voting in a primary to decide which democrats they want to challenge donald trump for the presidency it's the 1st primary in the south and the 1st where african-american voters will play a pivotal role nearly 2 thirds of democratic voters in south carolina are black a voting bloc that's strongly supported vice president joe biden but front runner bernie sanders has been gaining on him in the polls and of the say it's a make or break moments for biden's campaign the other candidates elizabeth warren

with a church in the coolish or a tom styer and tall cigar birds are also hoping for a strong finish to stay competitive for super tuesday no that's when mike bloomberg will 1st appear on ballots alongside them. has more now from washington d.c. . for months it looked like this was former vice president joe biden's race to lose and so far he has been losing now the unexpected front runner the self declared socialist senator bernie sanders getting the most votes in iowa new hampshire and nevada we have now won the battle clark you are following him another unexpected leader former small town mayor people to judge with biden traveling with 3rd this is a race that will decide the direction of the democratic party there are the moderates biden who to judge senator amy klobuchar and billionaires tom styer and former

mayor mike bloomberg and the outlier congresswoman tulsi gabbert versus the progressives sanders and senator elizabeth warren the biggest divide health care it's the 2nd most important issue for democratic voters the moderates want more people to be able to join the government health insurance program the progressives want everyone in rolled in a government program with private insurance eliminated that's something the majority of democrats say they want to court into polls but that isn't true for independents or republicans and that could complicate with the vast majority of democrats say is their top priority electability without a doubt that's my number one i want trump and that is the biggest argument against senator sanders that he can't beat trump. i think we can win the democratic nomination. absolutely certain we're going to defeat donald trump. but if he's the nominee johnson kylee at the

pew research center says his health care plan could be an issue both the public option approach and the medicare for all approach are distinctly different than the republican policies about health care and democrats across the board. are likely to favor both of those republicans across the board are much less likely to favor either medicare for all or a public option democrats are deciding with this vote of promising big changes is the best chance they have to change lives in the white house pedicle him al-jazeera washington. malaysia's king has picked a new prime minister saying more he dean yes scene has the most supports in parliament the royal statement sidelines former leader mahathir mohamad sues ruling coalition collapse last week but not here insists he should remain in power as a legacy of brian reports. a changing of the god in malaysia that critics are

calling the death of democracy well you dania asons appointment by the king capping a tumultuous week in the country's politics yeah whatever my heart. i thank the king and would like to thank all of you for your moral support i only ask that all malaysians accept the decision announced by the palace today. the king's move sidelines former leader mohammed his ruling coalition collapsed last week i had to resigned as premier after his besides who party which is led by signaled it could work with the united malays national organization or. their party governed malaysia for more than 60 years until it was forced from power by more her tears coalition and 2018 all know is the party of disgraced former leader browse uk who's on trial for corruption accused of looting millions of dollars from the state found one named david e. where you dean was kicked out of all no in 2015 but it rallied behind him this week

he was sacked for raising the issues of corruption when m b b but now in a sort of wrangling that's happened in the last week or so in malaysia he's joined forces with the same person in the same party that he was sacked from and issues he stood up for now he seems to be making alliances with many believe the latest crisis was also part of a tussle for power between mohamad and his longtime rival and while abraham analysts say their coalition was torn apart by infighting over who should succeed my head here who at 94 was the world's oldest premier earlier on saturday and last it hit back my tears return to power but now neither man is leader and there are calls for protests a lot of people in malaysia are very upset the. not my pm is

what is one of the tweeting at the highest level in malaysia episteme time you know you didn't ask and his coalition also garner a fair amount of support moir dean is expected to be sworn in on sunday but marty is fighting back saying he has more support in the lexer brian. al jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the u.s. and the afghan taliban have signs and historic deal in that paving the way to peace the ceremony in doha was attended by dignitaries including the u.s. secretary of state and foreign ministers from cutter and pakistan under the deal the u.s. and nato say they will pull all foreign troops sites within 14 months if the taliban honors its parts of the agreement that includes a 135 day initial period of reduced violence both sides have also agreed to

exchange as many as 6000 prisoners today is a historic day for the united states of america and the american people today we have taken a decisive step toward peace real peace in afghanistan. just as any worthy journey begins it is a 1st step nearly 19 years ago american bark at a noble mission to mightily pursue the terrorist perpetrators of september 11th attacks and their evil supporters and to prevent such a heinous attack from ever happening again. turkey's president treasure type heard on says his country's borders have been opened for refugees heading to europe thousands of people have gathered at the land border with greece which has tightened security along with bulgaria it follows a major escalation in tensions between ankara and syria. this couple the.

turkey is not receiving any support nor are the refugees we will open our borders for the refugees to flee into europe and as we speak 18000 people have crossed the border and by the end of today 25000 will cross on to europe and from this day on we will not close our border simply because the e.u. has not fulfilled the promises it made we will do all we can until we went in spite there's been another spike in coronavirus cases any ron iranian state t.v. reports and other 295 new infections 9 new deaths were reported and cases are rising rapidly in south korea as well that's yet to date stay with us now to syria insight story is up next.

is pace finally coming to afghanistan the u.s. or the taliban sign a deal aimed at ending 18 years of war but the government in kabul is not involved so kandice agreement lost and will the afghan people's rights be protected this is inside story. elevator and welcome to the program dick clark it is being called the 1st step towards lasting peace in afghanistan the united states and the afghan taliban have signed a preliminary deal towards ending nearly 2 decades of war it's a result of 18 months of talks here in doha in qatar the 1st.