looking largely fine across western areas, but the wet weather arrives in the southwest by wednesday. ah, ah, this is al jazeera ah hello, i'm molly inside. this is the news down live from hall, coming up in the next 60 minutes. as a last us ministry flight leaves couple the telephone fires guns into the air to celebrate take over the country b, k. all think us departure from our guns. dom brings to an end a long and sometimes $1.20 a presence in the country. i want to commend arm out standing different who

worked around and around the world to coordinate the operation for a 1000000 homes without power. in the u. s. state of new louisiana, the remnants of hurricane ida moved inland, demanding justice in bangladesh. mothers whose children have disappeared. one answers from any tories power military for ah, we begin in afghanistan where for the 1st time in 20 years, the country is waking up without a u. s. military presence. merican troops the left couple several hours ago leaving the airport on the country in the hands of the taliban. it's celebrating what is cooling, full independence. but the victory also comes with skepticism from both within

afghanistan on a broad, with many questioning whether the town and will be able to govern rob mcbride ports now from cobble the, the final departure of the us military after 20 years. and they tell about adversaries celebrate across cobble from multiple guns of all sizes. a description, automatic gunfire lit up the night sky in a rolling thunder. throughout monday, as the evacuation from the airport continued speculation mounted about when the us would complete their withdraw patrolling across, circled over, cobbled together with a b $52.00 bomber as a steady stream of transport planes, lumber off, out of afghanistan. then soon after midnight, local time on august 31st, the day sat as the deadline for the u. s. departure,

the cross sounds died away. and as we were on air, wood began to spread that the final us aircraft had already lifted off and was on its way. whoa. and then the last couple of minutes or so we've seen and heard the build up of what could well be celebrated gunfight. soon afterwards came the official word from the u. s. pentagon of the end of america's longest war. i'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan in the end of the military mission to evacuate american citizens for country nationals and vulnerable afghans. for the 1st time in 2 decades, there are no us soldiers on afghans soil to the delight of the taliban. many still disbelieving the pace of developments that has brought about this victory the last time god. we are here now in control of the airport and without any problems. thank god. but for many afghans,

the fear of what the u. s. departure means leaving them under a future taliban government. public, cried al jazeera couple. well, let's get the latest from charles stratford, who is ly for us in kabul, and a new day begins in afghanistan and a new era without the americans. what is the mood of people where you are? but it's very early here. we are only 6 30 in the morning, so people gradually waking up but the mood certainly the atmosphere is calm off to incredible. will the taliban will jelly was a victory celebration. those incredible firing of weapons into the air. all that trace a fire that we saw last night for the telephone as i say, this is a historic victory. and it means independence for them to tell a bond of always spoken about afghanistan and they're fighting afghan. his stand

against foreign powers is one of a right to national sovereignty. they have not wanted forward his head, in their words meddling in their affairs. the kind of effect that has on their relationship with other countries. the fact that it has on their conservative for one of a better word, ideas of islam. so today is very much a watershed in this country's history. but of course, there is a lot that the taliban have to do 40 years of war and conflicts, enough gone histone. it's not just the 20 since nato forces have been in here. so the country is in deep crises on every level, whether it be politically, whether it be in security wise, whether it be she can mclee. so there are a lot of analysis questions. but today, very much a historical moment in these countries. and these countries development in this country's history, as he said, the taliban have been celebrating this historic moment. they've been waiting for

for so long. but as you say, the hard work begins. now, what are the main challenges that the taliban face? well the 1st challenge is forming a government. we know that the taliban leaders have been meeting in recent days in kandahar coast city. in the sudden i've got his don where the taliban were actually ball where it all started. that of course, is a huge challenge when they tell you and they are interested in very, they want to tell the world that this government has to be transparent. it has to be inclusive. it has to include all the various different ethnic and religious minorities of this country. also, of course, including women here. there's a lot of skepticism about that in the international arena as to whether that will happen. that's the 1st challenge. then of course, there's the beginnings of rebuilding the country and rebuilding the country. analysts will tell you is beholden on them getting some sort of international legitimacy because western institutions and western governments are withholding

vital funds that are needed to sort of tackle some of the humanitarian. so the, the economic problems that, so wrapping right the way across afghanistan. and of course, in order to get that legitimacy, they have to prove to the international world that they stick to the international community that they stick to those commitments. of course another big challenge is the challenge all. busy the security here, the i saw thread, predominately the one that is solely come to prominence most noticeably and her really quickly in recent days. those 2 attacks, one of which killed born at least $110.00 people including 13 us servicemen and women. so it is a huge challenge for the taliban. it's day one today. a lot of work to do. but as i say at the moment the situation here remains calm. it's going to be interesting to see what sort of statements the telephone make about what they

describe as this historic victory later today. money, thanks for that. tall strafford there for us live in campbell or year, a 6 year se anthony blinking says if working with the new afghan government will serve the country's national interest and washington will do it. gabriel, alexander has this report. after 20 years of war, america has gone from bombing the taliban to complementing them. i can tell you this though, about what the taliban has done. they established a firm perimeter outside of the airfield to prevent people from coming on the airfield during our departure. and we worked that with them for a number of days, but they were actually very helpful and useful to us as we close down operations. the u. s. military released this photo, they say is the last us commander on the ground cobble airport boarding. the last u. s. military flight out of afghanistan. in the past 2 weeks since capital fell,

the taliban, 823000 civilians, and 6000 us citizens had been evacuated, making it the largest mass documentation undertaken by the military in us history. secretary of state antony, blinking, estimated under 200 us citizens were still in afghanistan, wanted to leave, but couldn't. and called on the taliban to live up to their pledge to allow them to do so. we will hold the taliban to which pledge to let people freely, depart, afghanistan. the taliban is committed to any one with proper documents. leave the country in a safe in order to be mad. they said this privately and publicly, many times lincoln indicated to us would keep lines of communication open with the taliban. but said it would do so from doha. qatar with us would set up a diplomatic mission to cobble, or we could speak live to gabriel as although his life is in washington dc. so

we've heard of, from a number of people outline in your package from the general, from the pence again, from the u. s sex your state, we haven't heard from joe biden, but he did send out a statement saying he's going to speak tomorrow afternoon. what can we expect to hear from him? i think what we're probably will hear from joe biden is 2 things. number one is he is probably going to lay out and take stock of if you will, the last 20 years of this war. i think it will be the 1st day. of course. the us will be able to say that they have no troops in afghanistan. it's a 1st time in 20 years. the u. s. will be able to say that this is a war that has been a generational war, not only for the afghans that have lived it and suffered through it, tens of thousands who have died in it, but also for the american people. and more than 4000 us soldiers that have died

over the last 20 years. so i think number one, he will take stock of the last 20 years. but then i think number 2, you will probably see him saying, where does the us go from here? what will be the us as role in or moving forward in afghanistan, the u. s. has no diplomatic presence there, but even though there is no military or diplomatic presence in the country, that does not mean the u. s. does not have interest in the country. it certainly does in the future of the country. so i think that is where you start to see by an layout his vision for where that goes from here. and i think you'll probably see him say we were going to potentially potentially work with the taliban and the government, whatever government they set up. but the u. s. he'll probably say what they've been saying. we do not trust the taliban. we do not trust their words. we will wait to see what their actions are money. thanks for that. gabriel. as onto their 1st live in washington dc or the un security council adopted

a resolution urging for the safe passage for people who want to leave off kind of stone. but it's not known if the taliban will go along with this. the u. s. hope the resolution will protect people's rights to leave afghanistan, no matter. the reason question, salome has this report from the u. n. as the u. s. was completing its withdrawal from afghanistan, the security council was voting on a resolution meant as a message for the taliban that the world is watching. one such commitment which the taliban has made publicly and privately, is that those who wish to leave afghanistan will be able to do so. today's resolution signals just how seriously the security council takes that commitment. along with the commitment to allow humanitarian a to flow and prevent terrorism, russia and china express concern that afghan, a stan could again become

a safe haven for armed groups who could attack other countries. but they abstained from the vote. more with perhaps the fleet had more time the result of the vote would have been different. at the same time, we can see in this an attempt to shift the blame for the failure to collapse after 20 years of the presence of the united states and their allies in the region onto the taliban. and all the countries in the region that will have to deal with the results of western powers had hoped for unanimous support and even stronger wording . but said, further action is possible in the coming weeks, including when the mandate for the un assistance mission in afghanistan comes up for renewal in mid september. today's resolution is an important step towards a unified, international response to the situation in afghanistan. we will continue to build on this to ensure the council holds the taliban accountable on its commitments. what leverage does the security council have over the taliban?

one possible tool is rule lifting of sanctions. the taliban wants existing ones removed. council members said they could impose even more if the taliban doesn't follow through on its promises. kristen salumi, i'll just era the united nation. let's get reaction out of china now. katrina, you is live for us in beijing. china always has maintained links with the taliban, regardless of who's been in power and i've got to stall, they even invite the taliban to china last month in line to full. that what reaction has there been to this pull out of the americans for my fantasy on while we're still waiting on an official reaction from de jane regarding the withdrawal of the us forces. but china is definitely watching this very closely. the very anxious about the situation about the potential instability for one,

they don't want to see the country become a hot bed of chaos was the words use. they don't want it to be a base for extremists or terrorist forces, especially because china's shares a western border with aft honest on and in the past, we've had a weakness separatists associated with the e t. i. m group entre china via that border. and china is also anxious about its investments, and i've gone on this all, it's very extensive investments in neighboring pockets done. now throughout this whole purse, as china has maintained an approach of non interference and we thought abstain from that vote at the un security council. china doesn't want to see any withholding of international funds, doesn't want to see any additional sanctions. and it doesn't want to see the creation of a safe service in cobble for foreigners who are present in afghanistan, trying to things that these movies will exacerbate the situation and intensify tensions rather than ease them. but at the same time, china is concerned about this very hasty, incomplete withdrawal of the u. s. presence. they see this as possibly being an

inroad for terrorist forces for the islamic state to thrive enough on the stand. and so we saw a talk, a phone conversation between china's foreign minister, one e and u, a secretary of state antony blanket on sunday, what china demanded that the u. s. played an active role in guiding the taliban. china wants to see the us possibly input funds, humanitarian aid, economic aid to of gone ascent help stabilize the situation. we've had chinese for ministry for days now say that this was a so called mess as they just glad that enough gone aside created by the us. so they want to see us play a role in cleaning out that mess as well. now chun is yet to officially recognize this hold on as a government, but it was one of the earliest players to recognise the taliban as a legitimate political force. we saw the lead to one of the taliban leaders of the guns fired visit china in july. hold very high level talks,

and during that visit china promised to play a role in the economic reconstruction of conasauga in its transition. and enjoyed time the toll bonds said it would help to hold the e t. i am weak group at bay for china. i think throughout this whole process, china's approach has very much been to give the taller bond space to prove itself. and i think it's very much waiting to see what the telephone does next. money. thanks for that. katrina, you that 1st invasion while i corresponding patrick i have now takes a look at the decades of different strategies and goals. by for us presidents with regard to the war effort in afghanistan. most people will remember how it started, not the down arrow of assume a demand, the taliban turnover, osama bin laden and al qaeda unanswered a few weeks later. a massive bombing campaign,

along with the small force of around $1000.00 and special forces, soldiers and ca, agents combined with the northern alliance in afghan, a stand and the taliban fell. within months. the u. s. along with its allies turned to nation building with big premises of lessons learned. we know this from not only intelligence, but from the history of military conflict in afghan stands. it's been one of initial success. followed by long years of floundering and ultimate failure. we're not gonna repeat that mistake critic say that is exactly what happened as the us turned more attention to the war in iraq. the us announced an end to major combat operations in afghanistan in 2003, a constitution was written elections followed. a new president, a new legislature with women taking positions of power. but as the years passed,

the fighting continued. and as the taliban fought back and civilian casualties mounted, a new us president had to make a decision, go bigger or go home. or overarching goal remains the same. us president brock obama decided to send in an additional $17000.00 troops. then 30000 more by 2010. around 100000 us troops would be in afghanistan. in may of 2011 solid bin laden was found and killed in pakistan. but the war continued obama promise to bring most us troops home by the end of 2016. and then a new us president took over. a hasty withdraw would create a vacuum that terrorists, including isis and al qaeda, would instantly fill president donald trump announced an open ended deployment, but eventually signed a deal with the taliban. if they promise to keep out terrorist groups and not attack us, troops of full withdrawal will happen by may of 2021. but then yet another

new us president was sworn in, and president joe barton announced the war was ended. most american forces would leave. he promised it would be an orderly exit. unlike vietnam, the tale vaughan is not the south, the north vietnamese army. they're not, they're not remotely comparable terms of capability. there's going to be no circumstance for you to see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the of the united states from afghanistan. it is not at all come from . but his critics say this is actually worse than vietnam. as the taliban search, the u. s. deployed more than 5000 troops to the airport. chaos in the streets as the taliban took over the country and the capital after just 11 days. the airport overwhelmed as thousands tried to flee some desperately clinging to the outside of the us cargo plane only to plunge to their death. the airport later secured the

united states military decided the best solution was to work with the taliban, which was then in charge of deciding who stays and who goes into the airport. but then suddenly, americans were told to stay away from the airport. an attack was imminent and it came to suicide bombers believe to be isis k. more than 170 afghans dead. along with 13 members of the us military says american service members who gave their lives over use word, but it's totally appropriate here. we're heroes. the evacuation continued the promise to get every american out. every afghan who helped us broken us. officials say they will continue to try and get everyone out. but they say it will not be a job for the military. but the state department likely using the only leverage really has money that the taliban needs 20 years of bloodshed and battles of promises and unimaginable pain of encouraging signs and setbacks

to decades of war and in the end, a hasty, some se, humiliating retreat for the united states leaving afghan stand like it was on the day, the war started with the taliban back in control. but now better armed with us weapons . and it is the taliban who holds the power to decide the fate of tens of thousands of afghans who help us. only to be left behind. as the last us troops had at home. patty calhoun, al jazeera washington spring and steve clemens, he's in paris. he's the host found his there is the bottom line at large of the hill. many thanks for joining us, steve. so the americans, they've done it, they've met the deadline of august 31st to pull out of ghana don off to, to decades. but it's come at a cost, doesn't it? well, i think it's kind of a staggering cost, but those costs weren't just this past. you know,

couple of weeks of seeing desperate people trying to get out of this nightmare. they are the cost they've been building up for decades. there's been a lot of people who have been warning that, that eventual moment where the united states would leave would leave such a deep gash in the country. and it was something that had not been fought through properly before. you know, we know it's pretty cool. hey just said in 2010, 11 years ago, we were spending upwards of a $120000000000.00 a year on this afghan, a stand effort. and the g. d. p of the country at that time was just $13000000000.00. so there's a lot of costs on, on many lives, money, many different dimensions, and it's been building up in accruing all of this time. so when we look back on the events leading up to those chaotic scenes of recent days as well as the isis bomb attack, the kill so many how will the us president be remembered for this?

we're going to have to see. i mean, i think that one of the other sad dimensions of this that isn't much discussed because of the images we see right now, is that the american public overwhelmingly, when poll did not want to be in afghanistan, does not want to see the american presence continue they're very disappointed in joe biden, the management of the exit. but unfortunately, we live in a world where attention spans are short, where the country as a whole has attention deficit disorder and is easily distracted by something else. it's hard to imagine that given the horrors we have seen in afghanistan, but i am one who thinks that this is not going to stick to joe biden. i think he's probably made a judgment call as painful as it is that the american public is not going to remember these images. i certainly will. you certainly will. but, but i think many others we'll say this is a done chapter. how bizarre did you find it to hear general mckenzie earlier,

who was in charge of the pullout mission from us. going to start to talk about the u. s. is relationship with the taliban in recent weeks using words like helpful and how useful they were. it, it did not seem bizarre to you, that this is how he was describing the relationship. it does seem bizarre, but you have to realize moline, that there is a big split in the american strategic class, if you will, between those who look at the taliban as being really completely the same as outside. and there are others to say no, there is an authenticity of the channel around there there. you can actually deal with them. and of course, during president trump's tenure, he almost had them within an eyelash at camp david calliger callo on our on boy has been dealing with them in doha. and so there are, there is a mixed group of people who believe that the taliban of the day is not the taliban of 20 years ago. i think the jury is out. i think that there are a lot of,

as joe biden said, the other day, the taliban has a lot of interests and not to be trusted, but their interests are aligned for the moment in trying to show the world that it is not the same organization. it was 20 years ago, i was surprised that mackenzie did embrace them as much as he did. there are so many other generals that have made exactly the antithetical case that you cannot trust the taliban at all. and people's lives and teachers are in very much in jeopardy, particularly any one that stood by us. it was interesting. the general also made a big point about the challenges that isis is going isis k is going to put on the taliban describing it them as the biggest challenge for the taliban going forward. how. how much of a worry is isis for not just the tele body for the world at large

molina, i think isis k is a very big challenge. not only there, but i think you know where they are in yemen where they are in other places of the world. they have allies in north africa. and so they will continue to be a terrible. but there are a lot of other problems we haven't brought through with that. can to the taliban had been remarkably successful in taking over the country these last few weeks. but they don't control the whole country. and you also have, as, as we've been told to 75000 of the arm taliban. and so to some degree, i expect, as we look forward at the future of afghanistan, that is not going to be the successful ride. we see today i think you're going to see the return of warlords who are paid off by someone to step aside. they're going to want to keep the money flowing to them somehow to keep them under control. so it's not as stable a picture as the taliban would like the world to see right now. that's going to create opportunities for isis. k and other groups inside afghanistan. and something

we haven't been discussing is the afghanistan is often the playground of india and pakistan who try to poke each other through that country, trying to influence afghanistan to give each other strategic death. and that is going to create greater instability. and so yes, it's going to be a very, very odd mix, and you may in fact have a return, which i think many people fear that afghanistan may very well become a home to new dimensions of transnational terrorism that come back to haunt all of us. save clemens grade to get your thoughts host of yours the bottom line. thank you. ahead on algebra ah, i was hoping to read and budgets on, on the border and i'll tell you how security agreements are being beat up because it's threats like i feel okay. while fi threaten a vacation hold both in the us state of california.

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the wet weather will arrive from the mid week. now when you move to south asia has been very wet in the north east, we have seen severe flooding across some state and in northern parts of bangladesh . the rain is a slight you hear on tuesday, but it does pick up across at western coast. we have got some amber warnings out for heavy rain here. down in the south though, it is looking a lot. dwyer, some sunshine breaking through. for up in the north though, we have got thunderstorms for delhi and those expected to last well into the weekend that weather update. sponsored cattle, airways, journalist and government panic. they didn't have the infrastructure they needed. they promised results in 5 days. but it's been a year examining the headline.