the aah! al jazeera went ah me. this is al jazeera. ah, hello, i'm rob matheson, this is the news i live from doha, coming up the next 60 minutes solidifying their hold on power taliban leaders meeting kabul to discuss how to form a transitional government. no place left to go rescued by iso, but rejected by their own. the city women struggling to figure out how to return to the old lives. are we calling scenes of desperation in haiti as people fight for

aid criticism, the government isn't doing nearly enough in the wake of a devastating earthquake. i. new york comes together to celebrate the city opening up despite a new corona virus threat. and i'm with hardy, with fort several pacific island nations have withdrawn from the paralympics and in the premier league, liverpool make it to winds from us. many starts more action later in the news. our me the top the buttons co founder has arrived incapable of salt for talks to form a new government. more about the presence of the capital comes as the group plans to unveil its governing framework. it's reportedly bringing experts from ghana sons, former administration to help manage the transition. the taliban is also promising

to hold its members accountable if reports of crimes and atrocities are verified. thousands of afghans who managed to flee from couple airport preparing for a new life. but many remain stuck and that in fear for their safety, at least 12 people have been killed so far in the chaos. charlotte balance is incredible and she says the shape of a taliban government still isn't clear. mainly we just know the latest movements and that is that molar. berta was the political chief. he's the cassandra of the telephone that he flew in from door hall where he is normally base you seeing base . there has to be little negotiations for a couple of years now, but we know he came to can to earlier this week. and now arriving in cobble with a high level tele bond delegation as part of the consultations or what the future government will look like. who will be and how, how it will look if basically what's on the table even to the extent that will cobble remain the capital,

all kinds of how the birthplace of the taliban remain the capital. he was become the capital. we know that he is meeting with religious scholars. he's meeting with tele, bond commanders, even meeting with form of government leaders and the telephone have been doing this a week. so the airport remains a crisis point. i still choosing this still be things happening there. thousands of people are still flooding around the perimeter. the taliban still controlling the security around the perimeter. the americans are on the inside. some kind of interesting dynamic playing out with security. with 4 sides. earlier i spoke to abu cow bulky, who's in the telephone, cultural commission, about how the americans in the telephone, a working together to try to provide security and facilitate these evacuation to what he said. we talk then we have a relationship, a working relationship of with the americans about the security arrangement. and the outside check posts are in our control and insight as under the control

of the united states forces and then constant contact with one another. all we are doing at the moment is helping the united states in the security arrangement. and i think we have, we are unfairly being blamed for what is, is not a problem that has been caused by l people. so what's also being exacerbating the situation is a lack of trust between the taliban and people in cobble. there's almost a hysteria amongst a lot of people in cobble about what the taliban will bring. are they safe? and that is leading to thousands of people flooding to the airport because even though the taliban has said that they are safe, that they have to stay that all is forgiven. a lot of people just simply don't believe them. and a terrified answer of lean towards the april because they don't know what the future will hold and trying to log us president joe biden has been in meetings with

national security team. we've been updating them and the evolving situation in afghanistan. i want to take you to the pentagon, there's a press conference underway there. and the city of pebble has that been part of the changing situation on the ground and making it less safe for americans to try and travel to the airport. again. i'm not going to detail the threat assessments and what the intelligence is saying, and there is very food and very dynamic. what i would tell you is that we continue to have regular communication with taliban leaders there in cobble, particularly those that are meaning or in charge of the checkpoints around the airport, back communication and deconstruction occurs that, that has not changed is the concern that while there's ongoing communication with television near the airport that there's a lot less visibility further. you go out into the city and that's possibly where there might be starts of kidnapping or there is i would really try to avoid here.

there's a lot. there's a whole panoply of security concerns that we have and again, to my answer to courtney, this is a non combatant evacuation. that's what we're focused on. and so the idea is the general very clearly indicated in his opening statement is to get as many people out as we can as fast as we can. and so that's what the focus is. and clearly in being able are in trying to accomplish that mission. we're taking in a whole wealth of information about what the security environment looks like. we, what our presence is there at the airport. the mission is there at the airport and that's and that's the key focus is our son. so that the window of opportunity here is closing and closing, maybe possibly quickly as the security situation on the ground. i think we've been very honest about the fact that, that we know we're, that we're fighting against both time and space. that's really what we're,

that's what we're, what we're, that's the race that we're in right now and, and we're trying to do this as quickly in as safely as possible. i'm not going to speculate about whether windows or closing or opening. we're focused on accomplishing this mission as fast as we can. john, today's before cobble fell and you said from that podium, quote, the city is not right now in any imminent threat environment. how could you get that so wrong? in the moment that i said it, lucas, it was true. and i understand i've, i've, i've seen the reactions out there on social media that what i said with taliban in the moment that i said it based on what we knew at the time. it was a true statement and yes, 2 days later things dramatically changed. i readily admit that things moved very, very quickly. lucas, and, and as you heard the chairman up here just

a few days ago, say that, you know, that there was, there wasn't any indication that you know, that the day had received that things could evolve as quickly as they did, but invitation cities do falling all week every day. yes, i understand. i understand. i understand all i can tell you is in the moment that i made those remarks, they were accurate. i'm committed 100 percent to being as truthful and honest up here and is transparent as i can be. and comfortable that while others may ridicule what i say and, and take issue with it. i'm comfortable that what i'm giving you is the best information i have the moment that i have it. and i would hope and understand that people would see that events have contin did and have continued to evolve very, very quickly there to courtney is excellent. in a line of questioning the assessment, the threat is going to change and it could change literally by the hour. so we're

trying to give you the by we can as and lean as far forward as we can in the moment . with that moment, going to change the day about that could be changing by the hour. you said there was no in the threat of call for that's again, i think i've answered the question. so 10 years ago and then general lloyd austin's head of us forces in iraq recommended to the president not to pull troops out of iraq months ago. now defense secretary austin recommended the same thing in afghan stand. she frustrated that presidents are ignoring in the secretary is 100 percent focused on the mission that hand right now, which is a non combatant evacuation operation. and he's comfortable that throughout this deliberation, his voice was heard that he had an opportunity to provide his best advice and counsel to the commander in chief and to the national security team. as did other leaders here at the pentagon, that it was a very inclusive, very deliberate process. and the secretary believes that the president was,

was given the benefit of a lot of different views, not just his, but a lot of different views. and then the commander in chief made a decision. that's how it works. it, that's exactly how the process should work. very calm and deliberate decision making process. and, and once that decision is made, you execute that's, that's the way this building operates. you execute and that's what we're doing. the secretary frustrated that now not once, but twice his advice has been ignored by the secretary is focused on the mission at hand and not revisiting past decisions one way or another. you give your advice and a decision is made and you follow that decision an order is given. you follow that order and that's what we're doing. and as you heard the secretary say, just after the president announced his decision in mid april, that he fully supports that decision. he's been very clear about that. as a secretary thought about resigning. no one actual question. how many of those

17000 are american citizens? and have there been any further outside the wire operations by us military? i do not have a breakdown of of how many of the 17000 are americans and their to my knowledge since you and i last talked yesterday. there have been no additional operations as you put it outside the wire, outside the the security perimeter of the airport. but look without getting predicted fear. we have troops in a, in a very, as i said, dynamic environment, very perilous mission. and they understand that. and they also understand the why they're there, which is to which is to help people. and if i'm not going to rule out

the possibility that if they see a moment, if they see an opportunity to do it, that they won't do it. what is the, the sensitivity you're watching? i'll just say that will be bringing you a press conference was being held at the pentagon, led by john covey, the focus school there for the white house saying that he was not giving details of any stretch assessments within castanan, saying that there was ongoing communication with the child on at cobble airport airport, as it was evacuations, continue. he said the focus is to get as many people out as fast as we can. he said there is a whole panoply of security concerns in afghanistan when he was questioned about his statement that he made a few days ago with a couple at that time was in no immediate danger. kirby said in the moment when i set it, based on what we knew at the time, it was true. i want to bring in brett brewer and he's a former us diplomat and former director of global engagement in the white house

was under president obama. he's joining us on skype from washington, d. c. it's good to have you with us back on all 0. when i ask you about the situation in afghanistan, of course, let me just ask you about that press conference. first of all, how do you think the, the mood is in the white house at the moment, given the speed of what has been happening in afghanistan? you know, and let me unpack for the audience. if i could add the comments by john 30, because what you said there was very revealing. clearly the defense secretary deeply disagreed with the decision that the president made, but he's executing it because that's what your united states are military does. i think it's a luster to a broader problem that is starting to come to the surface, which is the institutional experts, whether they are on the military side, whether they're on the diplomatic or the intelligence side disagreed with what the

president was doing and the national security leadership along with the president himself, ignored them and received the consequences of that play out. what is written about this week and usa today and in other locations is the presence, gotta fix this process because i fear that if he doesn't, we're going to see more of these kind of crises emerge. and unfortunately, you know, the political leadership of our national security structure is just not functioning as it should. how do you think that the president can fix this? because as you say, there seems to be a growing divide between the military opinion about what was going to happen enough canister on and perhaps the intelligence element as well. but also the white house and the president himself. well, i think he's got to shake up his national security team. my recommendation was he removed his national security adviser because unless, and until there was an acknowledgement of what went wrong, we're not going to be able to fix that. whether it's for afghanistan or for other

issues. in that i think what we need to have is an elevation of the president himself, actually promised at the beginning of his term, of the professional diplomat. those who understand not the way the world was 4 years ago were 10 years ago. but today, and i think this is part of the disconnect that is taking place you, you may have seen there was a very alarming diplomatic dispatch from our embassy and combo just a couple of weeks ago saying this place is not going to hold when we pull out in here unfortunately, that message that that warning was not heated and i think that's what's got to change. ok, but i want to ask you about the situation and couple as we were talking about the taliban leadership is at the moment trying to pull together apparently some sort of government, some sort of transitional government for those of us watching from the outside. what do we have to look for to identify whether or not the taliban is going to put

together a government, which as it claims will be inclusive and will be able to move up kind of sound forward. yeah, and let me get very specific here. the west europe and the united states, as well as other allies, need to come together and lay out some very concrete standards. and what we've heard so far, you know, our aspirations and hope that the taller bond will generally do the right thing. but i think we've got to get specific with the taliban and say, these are the standards that we're going to hold you to. this is international law . these are international trees. if you want to be part of the international community, if you want international aid and international recognition, this is what it's going to take rather than, you know, taking a backseat and letting the taliban sort of come up with something that quite frankly, you know, in this 1st week seems more p r focused than actually how they're going to govern. we know that the international monetary fund is,

has been up to this point withholding funds. we know other, other 8 organizations and amanda, well say that they're going to do the same thing. how much leverage does that give foreign governments and foreign organizations when it comes to the way that the taliban is going to run? i've got to start moving forward. you know, and i'm somewhat skeptical. i was on al jazeera the stream earlier this week and mentioned that too often we're looking at this issue and at the taliban through a western lens. right. you know, i do have doubts that we can leverage a whole lot, but i think there are certain carrots. there are certain things that the taliban wants and needs that we can put out there. but we've got to be proactive about it. we can't wait and you know a lot of the taliban to do something and then decide whether or not it fits our standard. we have to get out there. now the, you know, foreign minister is leader, is need to get on the ground, talk to the taliban layout, our expectations,

and then you know, see whether or not they can meet them. and i think you've got to have a stage process where, you know, with every staff that they take that is positive and conforms to international law, they can get a cara. history has shown us that the taliban, the structure of the taliban is fragmented. and there is a concern, i would imagine that what may well be agreed amongst the leadership of the taliban may not play out when it comes to the local groups in the ground. we're already seeing this with allegations that there are reprisals, for example, taking place in cities and towns are across janice town. how much of a hindrance do you think that is going to be to the taliban itself? and particularly the leadership when it's trying to pull all these people together to speak with one voice to be able to run the country. or i think it's an enormous challenge, but it's one again where we have to very clearly tell the taliban leaders, you are accountable for the actions of those that are, you know,

in your regime and you're going to have to enforce the appropriate standards. what i think we see right now, quite frankly, the congealing process. that's all a bond is trying to put together some structures and put people in place. but you know, this again is where i think the international community has to come in. have to be able to say, these are the standards, if you indeed expect to be welcome back into the international community. this is how it's going to work. i would also say, and this is, you know, to my former colleagues at the white house and in the national security structure here in washington. i think america has to keep a very robust presence both at the airport in the skies iraq, afghanistan. because if we see terrorist groups reemerging, if we see gross violations of human rights, i think we have to be able to act and we have to be able to say ahead of time to

the taliban. we will act as always, we appreciate having you on our designer and getting your thoughts on this. thank you so much. barbara and give rallies have been taking place in the united kingdom to show solidarity the people of afghanistan. they're demanding more support for refugees fleeing the taliban. and the government says it'll resettle 5000 people in the next year. and 20000 in the longer term full brennan has been that was protested london. gonna just work out. well, it's all about the job, and i publish opinion about all fine just for job done. it's done by the name of the protection of the african constitution, like the lamenting of the way for what comes

next. now joining an artist to media about we can visit with you about the situation because there are things we are not going to war wasn't going well. no, i'm not, i'm taking them and they're putting in front of the camera things. i'm not getting people, we are nice with the people. but when you see is visual in my, in my model and they go to my son, what? there are a lot of them are one of the people here just because that would be an inclusive mistake. that would be

drawn as much as normal previously, just under a telephone government people here an american interface in germany is being used as a transit point for aft. and i've actually read hundreds of arrived at the rom, seen air base out to being floating some cost. more planes are expected over the next few days because the base can house up to 5000 people. japanese also sent its own planes to evacuate citizens. about 13 countries have agreed to host afghan asylum seekers, columbia as one of them on friday, president, yvonne ok, said afghans waiting for permits to settle in the u. s. will be allowed in yet. i mean, say one group whereby is colombia is also joining the group of allied countries that will also support to the united states for those of national who have the united states for years and who are in the process of registering and migrating to that country. so that they can stay in columbia temporarily. united states will not

only cover or detention costs with these people, but will also speed up all the processes. ah, katie's government is facing growing criticism as it struggles to get aid to the victims of a powerful earthquake that killed more than 2000 people. of a desperate scenes in the heart of the city of lake hi. as people scrambled for supplies a week on, many in rural areas are still waiting for help. i'll just say it as john holmes spoke to me, it is about the crisis in the capital for this patient prime minister on the re arriving of these 1st press conference since in earthquake writ through the country, south west, leaving more than 130000 families homeless, we have a lot of questions about his government's handling of the disaster, especially why a week later, a still not getting to the many destroyed villages close to the epicenter. one of

the regions has been completely flat and this last bill we went to last year and they said they haven't had any one from the government coming off of them made when they took he told them to white to the why are they not getting aid sooner since 98 percent of the houses are destroyed, but the prime minister chose not to answer the question, passing the might to his head of civil protection. we are formulating a response or mechanism is in action. evidently, we have some issues related to security, but we are doing our best to accelerate the process. but it's not just the villages lacking aid. it's the cities too. and we also went to like a, an in the cave as a camp full of people just not even just sticks with top pulling above in the area . presumably you can get to but they also said they haven't seen any one from the government. why haven't they received any help either? like i said,

our response is ongoing yesterday. i know there was distribution in the guy using our methodology. it may happen that you didn't go to where we were distributing but there's a huge problem with distribution that the prime minister had so far, only vaguely alluded to something that we're talking about. there's a stretch of the road from here to like tie, which is really difficult to get a down because it's controlled by gangs. what is your government doing to try and figure out that road and also to try and stop those gangs. they've also kidnapped an orthopedic surgeon or the last couple of days. what is your government doing about that? now, the 1st thing to say is that the southern route is better now. we're working hard to make it permanently safe, so people can circulate without any risk. also the press conference, the deputy secretary general of the united nations. what the journalist asked could be done to stop the mistakes made off the monstrous 2010 quaker when the rebuilding

process was flawed. at best. what we have to do it different different thinking to take the leadership to build the institution capacity. i would also say that there are no gap. there are gas is a different situation, requires a different response. seeing will be believing for the many watching on and those desperate homeless and still waiting for help. john home and i was told to prince was ill as president has asked the senate to impeach a supreme court justice. the judges investigating out both sonata in connection with his attacks in the countries electronic voting system is repeatedly claimed. it's vulnerable to fraud without providing evidence. the senate leaders as you look into both and as requests but sees no grounds for impeachment conflicts in sure lanka put up black flags to demand justice for the victims of the 2019 eastern

bombings, the coordinated attacks talking to churches and hotels killing more than 260 people, the families of victims say they're still waiting for the truth about what happened . when fernandez reports. miss angela yes of denise. following the call from the catholic church and carrying a black flag representing the mon, the truth and justice. the victims of the 2019 to bombing her husband some. but endo, to knit me and wish me well killed in an attack at the sense of vaskins church in the town of car to up it. you may have had a bit to pass the nicole maybe honey, who is behind the attack? why did they do it at finding out the truth is my right, because my family didn't die in a war. they died in the place we trusted. they died during an important religious day. thing. more than 260 people were killed in 6 coordinated suicide. bombings believed at the time to be carried out by local was limited, remiss group. a presidential commission of inquiry revealed major intelligence

failures led to the attack good of the raj boxer. used the attack as a means below the presidential campaign, promising to restore security and punish those responsible mer to date. the church and family c investigations have been politicized. and used as a witch hunt against political opponents. and to cover up the truth, we know for justice and we will fight. and we will try to solve this problem in all the country. we love it up, we love our country. but if they're not going to give us a, this is an awful feel of the intentions. so then we have to go, they are the can go. and even to the international level,

the successive governments have not done enough to find those responsible for the bombing. for those left behind like randomly knowing the truth of what happened. we'll help find closure and bring some comfort. manenda just eva, cut you up. still ahead and i'll just in this close from innovation. and i see you covered rates, surgeon, mississippi. more and more young people are finding themselves in intensive care. hidden beneath these highways has a mafia. very tons of toxic waste in northern italy. add up staging her rival was the conqueror of naomi or soccer. son is another top rank drive a lead teaching people from more than that later. mm.

hello hope your weekend is going well. here's the weather straight across the middle east. forget your africa. one sec. hang tight or temperature is pretty well where they should be, but some spots we popped above the average that includes 4 aleppo, but elsewhere across the levant. again, pretty well where we would expect to be for this kind of the year. some big ways along the array b and c, so that's going to swirl up some sand and does for a huge swath of oman is the situation across pakistan, our mon sooner moisture starting to creep back in again for northern areas. so at times we will see bursts of rain, but not everyone is going to catch a storm here. across turkey, it is largely settled. we do have some breezy conditions coming down the boss 1st. so that's going to impact is stumble with a high of 29 degrees right through the eastern med look at this nicko see up to 40 degrees as far as storms across the tropics of africa. i think our biggest threats here will be easy to be in high.