i have a very basic question for you. this is fair 1000000 lost at home because the us held responsible. i will be fabulously wealthy and i will not pay any price for the men who still work on al jazeera. ah, the taliban promises women's rights media freedom and amnesty for government officials in its 1st news conference after taking charge of trouble evacuation flights resume after chaotic scenes on monday the us says the taliban has agreed to allow safe passage to the airport. ah, your watering al jazeera life from headquarters in delphi and getting gay, they're also ahead. anger and frustration and haiti as heavy rain from

a storm hinders the recovery efforts after an earthquake. this claim nearly 2000 life. the u. s. declared the 1st water shortage on the colorado river with invitations for its western states as well as mexico. ah, the taliban has promised to respect women's rights. forgive those who fought against it and make sure i've got a son doesn't become a haven for other armed groups. the vows made in its 1st press conference in 2 decades are being met with skepticism from off guns and world leaders. many fear returned to the taliban harsh rule of 20 years ago. charlotte bellis begins. are coverage from couple of years in the shadows. the telephone spokes and things was finally healed. zavy hold much ahead fronting for the 1st telephone press

conference in 20 years. and 7000 us forces scrambled to evacuate americans on military plains, the taliban coded and historic moment. as the club actually taking the freedom is the right of all nations. the outcome people by using their legal rights after 20 years of war were able to take their freedom clean the country of the patient occupiers. whole the group could not reveal who lead the country much ahead. sid talk the ongoing for an inclusive political system and promised all africans rights will be respected. there's a lot of concern about whether women will be allowed to work. that girls can still go to school. what assurances can you give to women and girls that their rights will be protected with i hit the stomach. emirate is committed to the right of women. within the framework of sharia are we may have the same rights that going to

be working shoulder to shoulder with us. we want to assured international community that will be not this combination against women. but of course we think of a religious framework. but also use a for trust is hard to come by on day 2 of taliban rule and cobble. there were few women on the streets as a woman. should i be scared of the telephone? not i don't know whether that is no. why should you be scared of us? you should never be afraid of us. to tell him on his, asked everyone in carville to continue their lives as usual, and keep going to work. it is also declared an amnesty for all those who work to get younger. a list given and the embassies and foreign nationals should feel the telephone has sought to portray itself is more moderate than during it's in 1900 ninety's rule. yet people are wondering if this really is the telephone 2 point. oh, what's the situation in capital is really good. now the taliban here we have taken

control of security and we will hold it until the end of the telephone. have made a number of statements that on the surface, the reassuring. but that actions speak the deeper than words and that it's very early now it's very fluid. it's very hard to say what is happening exactly. if the taliban are in high spirits and defiant as gonna stones days as a battlefield over your head said he hope people start fleeing and state to the assets for the nation. the move on we have pardon everyone. all those who have fought against us. we don't want to repeat of war. we want to do away with the factors of conflict for the law me came in rate of us got it done. does not have any conflict with anybody. we want the fighting to end. would you state

a journalist should remain free and independent to critique the group so i can improve one journalist off. can you say you can forgive everyone? what do you think the victims catholic is you? to ask ends on all sides. there is a lot of healing ahead to charlotte palace to 0 cobble. while the us says the taliban has agreed to allow safe passage for a civilian struggling to get flown out of capital. the military has evacuated. 3200 people so far. the national security advisor, jim sullivan did acknowledge reports. some of the guns were being turned away or even beaten by the taliban. meanwhile, american agencies are removing records of africa employees to protect them from retribution. my can report from washington evacuation operations. i once again underway at couple airport the nato partners of the us scaling up their presence.

and the u. s. department of defense says within the next 24 hours, there will be up to $6000.00 us soldiers in place to maintain airport security. the pentagon insisting that order has been restored. right now. we're looking at one aircraft per hour in and out of h kaya, re predict that our best effort could look like 50029000 passengers departing per day. we have had no ha style interactions, no attack, and no threat by the taliban. the deadline for complete withdrawal of forces and civilians is still the end of the month, a date set by president biden. earlier this year, the commander in chief made it very clear that we were to complete this drop down by august 31st. and that which now includes the drop down of american cities pulling out of american citizens and drop down over embassy personnel. so that's what we're focused on. that's the timeline moran. and as the secretary made clear

to, to leaders even as recently is this morning at time is of the essence. and we all, we all share a sense of urgency here. the bite and administration continues to defend the decision to go ahead with the withdrawal, arguing that the alternative was escalating us involvement in another countries civil war was unfolded over the past month, has proven decisively that it would have taken a significant american true presence multiple times greater than what president biden was handed to stop a taliban onslaught, and we would have taken casualties. american men and women would have been fighting and dying once again in afghanistan. both republicans and democrats, subbing highly critical of the manner in which the withdrawal is being conducted. arguing that the chaos that has ensued constitutes a huge failure of intelligence. thanks so much everyone. the criticism and the questions are likely to continue for months to come. my can i just era

washington the taliban co founder and political chief has returned to have gone. his don delani bars are arrived to a crowd of supporters in kandahar the birthplace of the taliban. bardari led the groups negotiators and talked to the u. s. and african government, earlier in the day, but are much with the cutlery foreign minister before leaving doha, where those talks have been held. he was freed from a prison and puts a son at the request that the us 3 years ago. take a closer look at how the taliban became a prominent force in afghanistan and what it ultimately once here's a sama ben job aid. the dollar bon 1st emerged in the early 1990 s pledging to improve security and fight corruption in august. on hearing its religious traditions were the threat. it also promised to protect them at any cost enforcing its version of islamic law. its fighters had been fully equipped at times,

but highly motivated by their mission to declare what they call and islamic everett of of guns done. it's all about controlled much of the country from 1996 to 2001. the arm group was familiar with the gun thumbs, drug terrain, and use this knowledge to outsmart its enemies. right. why? when the us forces were through the taliban 20 years ago, it managed to survive and continue to launch attacks again, i've gone forces and the rest in our lives. when it was in power, members of the taliban carried out public executions and that petitions, commanders been women from booking, goes from going to school and listening to or playing music taliban the to say the recognize the society has changed. and they've promised to respect people's rights was enough more time to be like a worth before. we didn't have as much responsibility as we do today, because now we are all tested by god. day by day we will get to the fault of the service of our nation in providing them with security and hope for the future not

yet largely funded by taxing landowners and opium. the taliban has been welcomed in some areas of the country while despise them. feed and others, the legitimacy the on group wanted was denied time and again, but peace negotiations and others capital gave it a seat at the table. now with the taliban, fully in control of honest on the world is watching and waiting to see how it will govern the country and its people. some of a job aid on their when the united states, many veteran soldiers who served in afghanistan, had been watching the taliban takeover with dismay. nearly 2 and a half 1000 u. s. service members died and what's become known as the longest war. now many are asking what it was all for. kristen salumi reports from new york. the taliban. quick takeover of the afghan government came as little surprise to many who served there in the us military. but the incredible scenes of people storming the airport

prompt and strong reactions, horror, shame, terror fear, mat zeller remains close to afghans. he worked with as a combat adviser to the afghan army, and continues to fear for their safety. this is the arctic exit that they feared, and that so many of us tried to warn about, and just no one listened. it fell on deaf ears in the by the ministration, and they now own the asco. they were warned and warned, and warned. and they just did not pay attention. they didn't care at the white house on monday us president joe biden defended the decision to withdraw from the u . s. is longest war which has cost the lives of nearly $2500.00 americans service members. and more than 2 trillion us dollars, he also acknowledge there's been missteps. the cesar scene in afghanistan, their gut wrenching, particularly for our veterans, our diplomats humanitarian workers, for anyone who has spent time on the ground working to support the afghan people.

the u. s. withdraw was time to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the attacks in september 11. the goal of dismantling al qaeda was successful. but removing from power the taliban gave them safe haven fruits. trickier taliban would have waited and waited. another 20 years if we had stayed there even longer as a marine miles lagossi videotape these scenes of combat for the military as well as us troop involvement with afghan civilians, more than 47000 of whom were killed. in addition 266000 african military and police, after leaving the military lagossi, made a documentary with the footage, calling us objectives into question as dark and you know, ominous and uncertain. as afghanistan's future is right now with the child and taking back over, it's important to remember that it was just as bad while we were there.

nevertheless, it seems like this play out. surveys show that support for the withdraw. once widely supported by americans is slipping. kristen salumi al jazeera new york. i've got a sons' neighbors are closely watching developments. russia has begun a month long joint military exercise with tedra cust. on near its afghan border, bought a 1000 soldiers use tanks, artillery and helicopters. russia has promised military assistance to ex soviet nations and central asia, if they face attacked by armed groups from of gone to sun. because exxon ferguson and citrix don are all part of a moscow lead security pack. survivors of a devastating earthquake in haiti have been hit by a tropical storm. heavy rain lashed makes of shelters in the southern city of la k, one of the worst effected areas. officials have buildings, se, buildings that have been buildings have been damaged and are collapsing under the weight of the water. you know, the 2000 people were killed and saturdays, quake,

thousands more have been left homeless, and many are still waiting for help. i got 5 more now, ma'am. got it's not good here. my home was destroyed. i have nothing my home yesterday, they distributed aid, but i wasn't able to get anything. it rained last night. we couldn't sleep. we have nothing to eat. gentlemen, has this update from puerto prince. we've been speaking to people on the grounds, including our colleagues over in the u, which is one of the major cities that was hit by this. and in the end, it seems that that was and as far as we know so far, too much flooding or land slides, which was the big worry about this. but we still have, as you mention, a lot of people sleeping out in the open even because they're worried about what might happen in terms of off the shots food because that house is with damaged and destroyed. we've also got a lot of people in hospitals. so the relief efforts ongoing, as you want to tell you as well, we're actually at the airport now in for the prince. and we're here because this is

basically the hub of everything that's trying to get to that region at the moment. basically the main road out to full, to print, to get the air in the south west of the country. there's 2 gangs baffling over it, close to port to print. and that's meant that is really hard to get down that road since that it's being flown in. we've seen the u. s. coast guard. we just saw actually quite a big playing coming from the air force of chile. so different countries are bringing their right into the apple and then it's been taken out by the apple and shop as helicopters for plains to try and get to that region. gunman have killed at least 37 civilians and a village attack and south was near. the attack happened on monday in a town near the new ceremony border. this area has been reportedly targeted by arm groups this year. violence and this whole region has killed thousands and displaced millions in recent years. still had on al jazeera worth the lithuania by the roost

. border meeting migrants have been turned into political pawns and left surrounded bus despite widespread vaccine access parts of the us health care system. our buckling under the number of covered 1900 patient ah hello. thank you for tuning in here is an update on grace. it did re intensify into a tropical storm. so we see it after it pushed away from haiti into jamaica. but i want to take this out a few days now, so it's going to pass over the yucatan peninsula. the beta can peachy. here we are late friday into saturday. and this potentially could make landfall toward the east coast, the mexico as a category one hurricane. also got to talk about fred, it made landfall toward the florida panhandle. we see scenes like this really roads

and parking lot turned into rivers and we knew that storm surge would be a big problem. see, ocean being picked up and shoved into the shoreline there. so the remnants of fred now racing up the eastern seaboard knocking on the door of washington d. c. on wednesday. now take you to the desert southwest and it is still getting pummeled with some strong storms, particularly for arizona to the risk of flash flooding is certainly here. after canada, we go and we've had some storms roll across the prairies. you can tell this is a cold front, right, 18 degrees in regina, 31 in winnipeg, but this is bringing much needed relief to fight some of the wildfires burning their associates 38 degrees on wednesday by thursday. we could have up to 40 and i could be record breaking that. sure whether see soon the stories that need to be tow find away and demand to be heard.

the opening the window into another light and challenging perception and personal endeavours in epic struggle with the colossal sacrifices in individual journey with new showcases in firing documentaries, the change the way on al jazeera. oh the me again, the top floor is on. i was just 0, its 1st press conference and taking over a dentist on the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against. the claims are being met with skepticism though. for many,

you fear a return to the harsh rule of 20 years ago. the u. s. as the taliban has a reach, allows safe passage for a civilian struggling to get flown out of capital. evacuation resumes a day after chaotic scenes on the runway. 3200 people haven't flown out so far. the survivors of saturday's earthquake and haiti have been hit by a tropical storm. many are homeless in temporary shelters. so far, nearly 2000 people are now known to have died and not earthquake for more than our top story now in the u. k. has announced that will be accepting up to $20000.00 african refugees in the coming years. opposition leaders say the target should be higher, plan is on top of the existing scheme to resettle interpreters and other staff who work for the u. k. and who might be targeted by the taliban on a plane carrying some of those african evacuees landed in oxford. sure. a few hours

ago, while the u. s. says it's evacuated, 3200 people from cornerstone. the nato secretary general has called on the taliban to facilitate the departure of all those who want to leave. and told berg also playing the afghan forces for what's happening in couple the ask and political leadership failed to stand up to the taller bomb and to achieve the peaceful solution that africans desperate they wanted. this failure, ask and leadership lead to the tragedy we are witnessing today. the the way now says it concern bella versus president. will open a migration route for afghan fleeing taliban rule. thousands of migrants and refugees have recently entered in you countries from by the ruth and the european union will reportedly offer more money on board or officers to stop the search stuff. us and reports on the border between the 20th and bella was they were

promised the easy way into europe and paid hundreds of even thousands of dollars for 3 that quickly was on facebook and on social media. says like the border is free now of garcia. you can process or something together with his relative 17 year old alley. yes. him from iraq is detained in a camera. luther wayne ya. after crossing the border from barrows, they were picked up with thousands of orders by border guards and recent month they tell us how they could easily enter battles and received help to regionally the wayne and border the gateway into the european union. every people had charge, very sought children, and baby and woman. this is in europe and they were woman coming here with children. but it's in their present. why? because you're coming here because you weren't alive. lithuania recently started to

push people who showed up at the board, back to barrows in return. the russian troops stopped them from entering on this footage, released by lithuanian border guards. a group of 35 iraqis are seen stuck between the 2 sites. lisa wayne eventually allowed the migrants in an accused bella, or oceans from illegally crossing its border. the be playing deadly games with the human rise lives is an acceptable and has to be condemned. unfortunately, people whom we consider to be victims in that situation. i used by lucas shanker regime as the tool as a weapon against the european union in general. and particularly sienna, because of its very strong political position in an effort to stop the influx of migrants and asylum seekers. lithuania has been constructing a barrier on its 670 kilometer long border with barrows. these are desperate people

who have become victims of political conflict. far away from home. their presence here at this gateway into europe shows how vulnerable district use fence on asylum seekers and migrants has become. the e u. s. had more than 100 border troops and pledge 37000000 euros to helpless away . and yet that usually only sees a fraction of these arrivals to deal with the crisis. bella, russian opposition leaders, atlanta taken off guy, i was living in exile in lithuania, or just to you not to give in to local shanker what the regime is doing is like mailing european union with this migration situation. and the answer should be even stronger. you can't be blackmailed by regime. the number of migrants arriving at the board has decreased since iraq stopped it slides to bellows. but the situation we main stance warning shots have been hurt from the bad wish and sight steadfast and al jazeera vilios lithuania, me the

united states continues to battle, a surgeon covert cases, particularly in southern states with low vaccination rates. the governor of louisiana has war and the state health care system is approaching breaking point with a number of co, with patients that hospitals reaching record highs. hydrogen castro reports from baton rouge, louisiana, one of the worst effected areas. my school has been up a little bit 62 year old bobby burdette has just emerged from the coven intensive care unit at our lady of the lake hospital in baton rouge, louisiana staff have nicknamed him there miracle patient. most havent been leaving the i see you alive. feel really well mom breathing has really gotten on control. burdette was never vaccinated and says he still has no regrets. his wife also tested positive. they're part of a dramatic surgeon co cases in louisiana. only 39 percent of the state is fully

vaccinated, that strictly individual decision, the governments and ain't anybody else. but there's, according to the louisiana health department, the unvaccinated make up more than 90 percent of hospitalized cove at patients. i'm a nurse, laurie douglas has been caring for them, many of whom are young and otherwise healthy. she says most do tell her they wish they'd gotten the vaccine. if to know that this was preventable and that this didn't need to happen. and that, you know, there is a girl who without her mother anymore, that a man doesn't have his brother any longer. so big brother to turn to and times i thought a heart wrenching with coven patient filling hospital beds. major hospitals in louisiana are no longer accepting transfers. emergency rooms are seeing weights of up to 10 hours, and patients with other emergency conditions even heart attacks have sometimes been

turned away or already rationing care every day. we continue to admit the same amount of people. if not more, so we'll get to a point where if we are unable to patch it together, a federal disaster team is working with the state hospital to relieve the strain. the doctors say what they also need are more people getting the vaccine. a recent uptake in vaccinations as promising but not enough. every person who comes into the hospital and is not vaccinated is a failure. on our part. it is our job as medical professionals to educate people and we haven't gotten our education out. and in the absence of that, there's misinformation, misinformation, distrust in government and misplaced confidence are all hurdles to getting the vaccine. among louisiana's fiercely independent population. as for burdette and his wife, even a near death experience in the hospital, hasn't convinced them to get the shots. for now,

they'll focus on recovery kit will eventually get to where mommy and systems up to where i can start seeing people and hugged a heck i'm margaret time left with family. a gift denied to some 700 people were day who continue to die of cove. it in the u. s. heidi's, jo, castro, al jazeera, baton rouge, louisiana. well, after months of being virus free and other to new cases of code, 1900 have been confirmed in new zealand. it brings a total this week to 7. the 1st triggered a 3 day snap lockdown starting tuesday. the government says that infection is linked to an outbreak in australia. new zealand has closed its borders to travelers and its last lockdown was more than a year ago. the government has for the 1st time in our plans to cut the water. it's supplies to the arid west, the state of arizona and nevada, or receive less water in the coming months from shrinking reservoirs along colorado

river or rental chas reports from the hoover dam on the arizona and nevada border. this is hoover dam, built on the colorado river in the 1900 thirty's. it created the country's largest reservoir lake need water, and hydro electric power from here made the modern west possible. but look at the light colored bath tub ring around the shoreline. that's how far the water level has receded. scientists say the lake is at 35 percent capacity. its lowest level ever scientist say, global warming has contributed to a decades long drought. that's drying up the west. this is the 2nd worst 19 year period going back 1200 years. that's a mega drive. the u. s. government declaration of a water shortage on the colorado river is unprecedented. the fact that we are seeing the 1st separation is quite significant. historically,

40000000 people in the region depend to some degree on this water in booming city like phoenix and las vegas, san diego and los angeles water supplies to cities will not be cut, but agricultural allocations will now farmers like will. the lander in arizona visa crisis live in about half our deliverable water potential next year. so can have to cut back on a lot of acres that we're having production right now. government officials say climate change is at the root of the water shortage. and it's not just here at lake mead. in recent months, the punishing effects of global warming have been made brutally clear all over the american west. unprecedented heat waves have hit the normally cool pacific northwest monster wildfires have ravaged california and oregon. the water level in one of california is biggest reservoirs, lake orville is so low,

the damn can no longer produce hydro. electric power in the columbia river are huge numbers of migrating salmon. sickened and died because the water simply became too hot for them. on tuesday, the southern california water authority issued an alert calling on consumers to voluntarily conserve water and prepare for continued drought, all of which raises questions about sustainability as scientists predict the dryness and the heat will continue rob reynolds al jazeera at hoover dam. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera in its 1st press conference and taking over. i've got to stand the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against them. but all within the constrain.