and in depth report, my son ball way is full of hope. had on the ground, there's no infrastructure to deal with the human way. and toxic chemicals to bring you more award winning documentaries and live on air. and don't mind me. the the taliban promises women's rights media freedom and an amnesty for government officials in its 1st conference after taking charge of evacuation flights resume after chaotic scenes. on monday the us says the taliban has agreed to allow safe passage to the airport. ah,

watching al jazeera light from a headquarters in delphi daddy navigator, also a heads, anger and frustration in haiti, survivors from a devastating earthquake are hit by a tropical storm fuel shortages and lebanon, leap hospital, struggling to cope for many are going hungry in the countries worst economic crisis in 2nd. ah. hello, the taliban has promised to respect women's rights given amnesty to those who fought against it. and make sure of got a son doesn't become a haven for other armed groups. but the assurances given 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. sure, the bellows begins, are coverage from couple of years in the shadows. the tell bon spokesman's face

was finally revealed. v hulu 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 i was the club actually take into freedom is the right of all nations. the outcome people by using the legal right after 20 years of war were able to take the freedom to clean the country, or the patient occupiers. while the group could not reveal who leave the country much ahead, sid talk the ongoing for an inclusive political system and promised all afghans 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 had the stomach emerett 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 after use a for trust is hard to come by on day 2 of taliban rule and couple. 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 to point out what the situation in council 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 so speak the deeper than words submit. it's very early now, it's very fluid. it's very hard to say what is happening exactly. you the taliban are in high spirits and defiant as gonna stones days as a battlefield over your head city. hope people start fleeing and state to the assets for the nation. the move on to hum. we have part on 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 these law, make me read off. i've got it done. does not have any conflict with anybody. we

want the fighting to end. would you had stated journalists should remain free and independent to critique the group, so it can improve one journalist off. you say you can forgive everyone. do you think the victims can forgive you? the africans on all sides. there is a lot of healing ahead to charlotte palace to 0 cobble. well, let's get an update from rob mcbride. he's joining us from trouble. so rob, what is the mood like incredible now that the taliban has taken charge? i think it still remains a fairly calm but fairly uneasy on the streets. i'm sure everybody here in cobble and elsewhere and i've got this done, followed by the news conference. absolutely avidly. every word a bit to to see what reassurances that we're going to get from the incoming government, the taliban. so it did, we remains to be seen whether all of that uncertainty, all of their fears, doubts,

will be addressed or not. as we heard that, i mean the visa would that really got to be followed up now by actions. i think that will be the real reassurance for, for people here in afghanistan. the big development overnight here has been the return to i've got his dad died. the co founder of the taliban. very senior, important, bigger in the movement who has been in cattle leading the negotiations. now he is back here. he landed in kandahar with a senior taliban team on a tuesday night to large applause. large crowds that to greet him. it's important that they return to afghanistan through canada. how this is the is where the movement was 1st founded at the end of the last century. now it's the spiritual home of the of the taliban. so it's important that the returns should start from

that. now the remains to be seen exactly what this movement does from here, it's assumed at some point they will be coming to cobble. and it's assumed that this will be effectively the call of the new taliban government. but it's not clear at the moment just what possible about it and others will play in it. but as we got a sense tuesday evening, we got an idea of supposed that the, what this new government will look like the tone of the government, its approach. and it is, as we've heard before, this softer, more acceptable face of the taliban is going to be very different from the taliban . we know of 20 years ago. it's going to be far more inclusive with the stressing the importance of all the these rights of women, of the media and so on. and also that the message ready with directed. i think the international community that said to try to lay fears from, from the potential partners and donor countries, countries that i've kind of stand is going to have to work with. but also it was

very much directed at home. hey, i was telling ordinary afghan, the kind of people that we've seen thronging the airport terminal, just a couple of kilometers away from us. please don't go. yeah, and speaking of the airport, we also those chaotic scenes on monday people trying to flee clinging onto u. s. military flights. what is the situation like right now at the airport? i mean, those, those scenes are, thankfully, i think that resolved, there is far more law and order in place for we no longer have those crowds on the, the runway, on the tarmac that, that have been work is inside the terminal, restoring it, assuming that at some point then that will be a restoration of domestic slides. we no longer have that kind of crowds outside that we saw earlier. although it has to be said, if there is the potentially people start to hear that domestic flights around again, there's a chance to go there and grab a seat. who knows, with

a kind of feeling the volatile nature of afghanistan at the moment we may well see people rushed back to the airport again, not remains to be seen on the military side of things. the, the other side of the airport where all of these different countries in the military's are getting that people out and people who used to work with them who he feel is so they are valuable. that could be they could face reprisals. and now there are literally thousands of those people still to be put on planes. the operations have resumed. we know that australia organized a flight to get some of the nationals out. and people that they used to work with here to, to get them out to what they believe will be safety. that if they do fear that will be reprisals if they don't get out. similarly, we hear that canada is laying on the flight, but of course, the biggest operation is by the united states with up to 6000 a us military personality involved in that operation in defending that section of the field and processing the thousands of people who need to be flown out of here

on tuesday they organize 13 flights, which apparently took out 1100 citizens and their families from, from, from cobble. and as they did so they've using what said kind of agreements that is in place with the taliban of safe passage. the taliban has said, except that there are many people who want to leave who believe that they would face reply prizes. if they don't, then they say they will respect that. now we've heard reports anecdotally that some people have been turned back by taliban gods at the airports sometimes quite harshly and violently. but did they tell about themselves the that the taliban leadership have have confirmed that will be safe passage for anybody who wants to get to the airport, whoever they are. and that does include, of course, many thousands of people who, who used to work with at the united states in particular, who have been granted access to get out of afghanistan and they do number in the

thousands. the u. s. will take them, the problem is getting to the apple, but as i said, the, the taliban has said there will be safe passage. and there is, there are indications that yes, they have been mortal enemies for 20 years, the united states and the taliban. but there is a level of cooperation we understand between the 2. said they, that they are cooperating to a certain degree to allow this to happen. i think both sides was that the united states and this whole operation has been a nightmare. it is turned into a nightmare for them. it's not bad. they want to really wake up from a see the end of but also to a certain degree, the taliban, that they want this just to to. and there is a real potential for flashpoints in classes. you have these 2 large forces all heavily, heavily they are, they are rivals and that, that the enemies for 20 years there is the potential. we've seen a couple of class. she's thankfully,

haven't developed into anything worse that have been a couple of classes and i think the, the taliban would like to see that the us finally get that people out him for that contingent to finally leave asked counsel. thank you so much. rob mcbride reporting from tumble. well, the usaa, the taliban has agreed as you've been hearing to allow safe passage for civilians who are struggling to leave capital. but the national security advisor, jim sullivan, did acknowledge reports the some off guns were being turned away or even beaten by the taliban. meanwhile, american agencies are moving records of afghan employees to protect them from retribution. here is my can as report from washington evacuation operations are once again underway at couple airport. the nato partners of the us scaling up their presence and the u. s. department of defense. as 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 k o. 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 draw 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 we're on. and it's the secretary made clear to to leaders even as originally is this morning. 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, i'll just era washington still ahead on al jazeera, a quarter of a 1000000 teachers are on strike in sri lanka. they want to be paid on par with

others in the public sector. ah. hello, good to see you. hot check, sunny check and high temperatures check. that's what we've got going on across the middle east. but we also have a shamal blowing down from a rock impacting q 8. and also the countries cats are on wednesday, but this is a dry wind. so that lowers your humidity. think the higher the humidity, the more saturated the air is and the more uncomfortable it is for you. and i saw the humidity, 70 percent heat index, $51.00, but the winds will shift around on friday. that's an e swing coming off the golf. sorry, heat index will dial it up to 54. you know, around the arabian sea, we have an on sure flow here, so that's going to swirl up the sand and does for huge swats of mine on wednesday

for pakistan. largely finding dry here, and that's allowing the hot sunshine to come through. the hor, me even hit 40 degrees on wednesday, off to turkey, and it's looking dry here thankfully, which will allow a for the recovery efforts that we have going on through the black sea region. just a few scattered showers at ward that ne, portion, tropics of africa. heavy rain has been falling through the central african republic, and we will see some more strong storms for bungie on wednesday and further toward the south. what and wendy for cape town see soon, the jewish shared passions for elephant conservation colleague had become friends. but with the civil war defending, they must now protect themselves, escaping deep into the rain forest back to the western world. the elephant

surviving the poacher is a lifelong challenge. now to last a revel militia, elephant pot, a witness documentary on our 20 o the me hello again. the top stories on al jazeera in its 1st press conference and taking over a gun is done. the taliban says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against the claims are being met with skepticism for many who fear a return to the harsh rule of 20 years ago. the us says the taliban has agreed to allow safe passage for a civilian, struggling to get flown out of capital. evacuations have resumed today after

a k arctic scenes on the runway. the us military has flown out 3200 people. while heavy rains brought on by a tropical storm, have complicated search and rescue missions. after the weekends earthquake in haiti, nearly 2000 people were killed and thousands more had been left homeless with many, still waiting for health john home and has this report from the k. one of the worst effected cities. the aftermath of storm grace in the south west of haiti down pul, wasn't quite as bad as fit, but some spent the day bailing out their houses and getting the water out because this is the only space we have to do if you think we can't live in water, when we feel after shocks, we have to be able to move out of the house quickly. those were the ones who still handhelds. others had spent the night in the field in the rain, victims of saturday's earthquake 1st above the earthquake, then this and i can't even get

a tarpaulin. i asked god to take my life. there still there. still more or in hospital. the quake left more than 9000 injured. this young man was in too much pain to talk. murray was with her young daughter when her leg got sworn up but not broken. i've been with her. she's saturday. yesterday she was going to be operated on, but they wanted to amputate the lake. i don't want, if there was a government, she wouldn't be suffering the way she is. she's talking about the late president assassinated in july, a political crisis the proceeded to quake. it came at the worst possible time, international aid organizations trying to help national authorities with the relief effort. now we've been here today but it's been hard to get a m personnel to the earthquake. so that's because the stretch of the only road

into the area is being fought over by gangs in the same way again, helping way, way and coming by can already have the flow of support for the disaster area. and help is needed at the rubble of one of the main hotels in town. a crowd of people gathered, reuben, some victor is telling me that in the 2010 with quake block felt and permanently injured his hand. in this latest one, he says his house fell down. these 2 brothers hope to try and pull people out of the rubble, despite the fact that their house to have been destroyed. we are victims as well, but they were the worst off. i have a chance to be alive even though i'm injured. thanks to god. we didn't get bad heard. so we could help out the other. the local authorities and international organizations have commented on the resilience of these people. but there's a sense of disbelief over the long series of misfortunes. to too many,

the question comes when we'll have to get a break, john home and how does it a little after months of being virus free? another 2 new cases of over 19 have been confirmed in new zealand. it brings a total this week to 7. the 1st trigger to 3 days snap lockdown starting tuesday. the government says the infection is linked to an outbreak in australia and all are the delta vary and strain. new zealand has closed its borders to travelers. its last lockdown was more than a year ago. lebanon fuel shortage is endangering patients as hospitals struggle to cope. businesses have been forced to scale back or shut down as the country goes through its worst economic crisis in recent years. then a hood that has more from buried there is bread only when there is fuel. a resource that is now scarce. lebanon's economic crisis is getting worse. the state barely provides electricity. many bakeries that can't afford the rising

costs to power generators have have to close. local that means in them is there is no bread, few diesel electricity, no madison, but the officials who are fighting for their interests live in homes that are live there. generators are working. they have humiliated to people a lack of fuel when there are difficulties pumping water and distributing it. every aspect of life is affected by what is being described as living words, financial and political crisis. but there is no work in the country you work one day and sell couple of things that as other days we sell nothing. and nearly bankrupt state is failing to secure people's basic needs. there isn't enough imported fuel and a corrupt system is blamed for allowing what is available to be smuggled across the border into syria. even hospitals rely on generators. a few days ago,

they almost ran out of fuel further stretching the little medicine and resources. they have patients' lives are at risk. if machines stop working to make sure that we have identified 3300 critical items that are critical for life saving and 25 percent out of stock and the country. and we cannot find any of those items in the country. we cannot treat people without energy. we cannot people if we don't give them the right medication. what is happening now is totally unacceptable and unbelievable. businesses in factories have also been affected. luffy got about. sometimes there's no diesels or private generators, so we can't work. and when the diesel, we only get 3 hours of electricity today with the united nation says at least 78 percent of the $6000000.00 people are now poor. the economy has all but collapsed.

so have basic services, yet politicians continue to struggle for power 11 on has been without a function in government for more than a year. oh, there is pressure to address the financial collapse. people have started to attack officials, homes, incidents of violence are becoming more common. as lebanon's tragedy continues to unfold. the fear is worsening conditions could lead to a security breakdown that they're elses ita bailed. hundreds of thousands of teachers ensure lanka are on strike. they are paid much less than other government workers and have some of the lowest salaries in the region. they say they've waited long enough and are refusing to do even online teaching or exam preparations until they're better compensated. but as when fernandez reports from colombo students are falling behind. i. shawnee, i mean are you trying to stay on top of their school work? the sisters who attend the government school in colombo as public exam in

a few months. but their teachers have stop conducting online classes as part of the trade union action, demanding better pay no longer enabled. adler dang, i'll be. it's difficult to study the syllabus by ourselves. there's a lot to cover, especially with the final exam coming. it's about the bargain. good martini the girl. mother sita walks as a maid, 3 days a week. the father is a builder. they say they cannot afford to pay private fusion for any of their 4 children. up again in the go. it's families like us day wage earners that are the worst effected my we only have school or online classes to rely on. that's why we're worried. she lanka, salon teacher's union is on an indefinite strike, which keeps them away from online teaching exam preparation, paper correction and the duties it says 25 years of waiting for better pay is

more than enough dock on all the lowest pay teachers and south h obviously like, this is truly an embarrassing situation and your salaries, animals, and double the speed here. we say increase our salaries and when the government won't do anything about it, we will continue our struggle till they do success. if you have agreed that the salary disparity between teachers and other government employees must be address that the government says he just didn't have to wait for the proper procedure to get the wage hike. probably, maybe i going to the procedure is the budget. we've already begun to make plans present the necessary documents as part of the budget. this issue has to result through the budget and be presented in that framework. but the teachers are not buying it. the see, the government is spending millions of dollars on unnecessary projects and can easily sort out the teacher salary issue if there is a way to do so. recent, we have seen some of the knowledge of demonstrations by the 250000 strong union

heavy hand just released action during the corona. i understand demick to arrest and quarantine to death has drawn criticism from the teachers and affiliate and train union on do a mary log me model going to again, the government is trying to suppress us. we will not be college and we will take our struggle forward. while the government fights teachers on salary differences that have lasted for decades, students in over 10000 government schools like the one behind me, bear the brunt of the work stoppage. students like shawnee and minority will be hoping the strike will be over soon, so they can carry on with their studies. fernandez, geneva, colombo preparations are underway in the iraq if it is kind of a lot to mark. i shoot that to she muslim collaboration on wednesday. people have started heading to the city despite concerns about security and coven 19 cut about

is the 2nd most significant religious place for she, after mecca, and saudi arabia. but not, i've been why had is there the streets of karbala have been decorated people here are getting ready to market the day of assure the city which is central for she has in iraq is now the destination for millions to marketed this over the amendment has seen measured says he came all the way from the emerald city near the border with iran, to visit the man, the shrine. and millions of others young muslims are expected to arrive here despite the risk of coven 19. i have been taking the same tougher journey every year since the past 23 years in some parts walk on foot for long distance on groups attacked the visitors in the area in the past. so security measures have

been tightened on the cities outskirts iraqi security officials have set up exclusive detectors, and criminal investigation inspectors conduct identity verification people and cause are checked before proceeding further. corolla is getting crisis of the gun man killed it's made last week. but security officials say it's an individual criminal act and not likely linked to a bigger plot. they belong to the campaign to prevent any attacks from legitimate as to how about are we doing through intelligence, operations, and air surveillance? we've apprehended dozens of suspects in all administrative borders. of harbor law are also secured by the army and the popular mobilization forces. as crowded, 3 towards the shrines, volunteers are sanitizing them. while others get ready to prepare leels who have

work heels as his father and other family members have been providing meals to the visitors for many years. is this charity was started in 1947 to feed the visitors of the shrines. and later, it was also financed by some donors. more ration continues until day and with that issue over the last 2 times in the past. some of these motors have been sleeping here for days and this sure up. without any incident more dr. cut about i again, the headlines on al jazeera in its 1st press conference and taking over gonna stand itala bon says it will respect women's rights and forgive those who fought against

them. but all within the constraints of study, all law, the claims are being met with skepticism from many who fear a return to the harsh rule of 20 years ago. reports of human rights abuses and cities captured during their advance have already caused concern. while mcbride has more from trouble.