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a. but again, you're watching. i just reminder of our top stories, tyler, bon us taking control of cobble international airport hours after the last american soldiers flew out of afghanistan, group says it wants to establish good relations with the international community. the withdrawal of us troops marks the end of america's longest war and a 20 year presidency and dentist on the last, the 17 transport plane taking off a couple airport just before midnight. local us secretary state antony blinking says the washington will work with the new afghan government if it's america's national interest, the added any taller, bond desire for legitimacy and support will have to be let's take

a closer look now at ghana stones recent history in december, 1979, the soviet union invaded, stayed for a decade with us support muslim fighters called the merger had been fought back. a 1000000 afghans were killed along with 15000. so we troops, the merger, had been then splintered and fought for control of the capital leading to a 4 year civil war. in 1996, an offshoot of the major had the known as the parlor bon came to power before being toppled in the 2001 us led invasion in 2009 president brock. obama sent thousands more troops, and nato soon had 150000 soldiers. on the ground and 2011 obama released several tyler bon officials to hold talks in cotton. and those talks lead eventually to a peace deal with the taliban last year. and the u. s. agreed to pull out by may of this year. a president biden delayed this by

a few months and ordered the military to withdraw by august 31st. volker is a former us ambassador to nato and joins us. alan, skype now from washington, thank you for being with us. so when you look at these, when you look at these scenes right now, what's played to us over the last few, not just the last few hours for the last few days, and how quickly the taller bond have have managed to regain control of the country after 20 years of the u. s. and nato presence in the country. they are handing back power to the group that they took power from 20 years ago. what do you make of that? i just, i just think it's devastating and terrible. it's a tragedy for people who were karen, just even recently, the tragedy for the people who are left behind now and that's ganeth them. i have no confidence that the taliban will honor their words of no retribution against

those who worked for the former government and jewels who work with the u. s. or other forces there. i think it's going to be a very dark time and i can't say, i think it's very sad, although they didn't have to be this way. i appreciate the vitamins determination and he's not the only president before him. president obama and president trump all wanted to get out of afghanistan, but the way this was done has led to it actually debacle. a lot of people will be looking at this though, not, not just what the u. s. and it's nato partners have done in afghanistan, but they, they will also look to what's happened in iraq and of course, 20 years before that to vietnam. and they will ask, why does the united, what is the united states keep doing this? and should there be any lessons learned from all of yes,

unfortunately, i think the lessons that people are learning now are very negative lessons for the u. s. and worse, i think they will conclude that the us does not have resolved and stamina to accomplish, initiated, publish it all. that does not console well with exam eyes and make decisions on its own and leave. it also sacrificed in the large when we decide to leave an adversary, i think that they only need to wait out the united states such as has done worse. those on russia or china will see a vacuum power racking, where they will then step in to fill the acting and do so by imposing a new type of carrying approach to the world rather than him will bring in the person to us as champions. so these are a lot of very sad and negative lessons. the people will conclude from this back to us is able to write its course. you know, after us did taught self together,

we had a very strong leader and president reagan. and within 15 years we saw the come option, the service union, freedom breakout, all over a central and he's junior. i don't know what will happen in the future, but i hope you are able to reflect on this as you find a way to make itself better. a lot of people will look back on this and they will, they will see the, you know, all of the, the images that have been broadcast around the world about how quick showing, how quickly the taliban of taking the country and the, the, the, the hiring, pull out of the u. s. and its and its allies and his humility, humiliating is that may be for many americans, there is a school of thought that says in the long term, this will have been the right decision. that at some point the u. s. needed to disengage from can it's done. what's your view on that? yeah. well 1st i think that's right. i think that it would not be right for the

us to have stayed, and i can't stand indefinitely. but we didn't face this binary choice of staying there forever. or pulling out in a chaotic manner and leaving so many people so much you put men in so much disaster behind. we could have done this better. we could have planned better, we could strengthen the institution that may have taken more time. it was not at an excess of cost over the past few years, so we could have done this much, much better. the other thing that i think is worth keeping in mind as well. 20 years is a long time and that was an opportunity for people to have access to the world to have access to education, to bill country and autonomy different from the one that existed before. and i suspect that there will be lasting effects of that gap can even after the u. s. is gone. what makes you say that when you talk about laughing effects? because again,

people point to the fact that the u. s. and his partners were there for 20 years, and in the space of a few few months, weeks, even. we saw a complete collapse of the african african government forces. the surprised even the taller bond. yes. no, i'm not talking about the security forces or the ability to control or defeat the caliber. i think the u. s. telegraphing that it was leaving for so long, reducing its forces to level that we're not really capable of non gauging anymore. that gave them the opportunity to convince regional leaders and eventually those who were working with the government that they would eventually win. and once convinced that the government forces would lose rather than fight. and they just sit down that of course, you know, contributed to the speed in which the government but what i was referring to is not

so much security forces, but the society, i think a country has a kaji and culture and outlook. and of course, most of that is pretty constant. culture doesn't change, but i think access to education access to the world, access to travels. i think the afghan family have today is not the same as soon as we had in 2001 good to speak to you, former us ambassador to nato volk. appreciate your time. thank you so much. a lot of the news now. hospitals in the u. s, state of louisiana have been forced to evacuate dozens of patients after harken ida knocked out power to many areas, including the city of new orleans automated landfill on sunday, and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. at least 2 people have died. fill of l reports from neighboring

mississippi. hurricane either took everything it had passed. this is the grand aisle of the coast of louisiana. one of the 1st places she roared into it was back from above either ripped off the roof after ruth. down below, she brought in the water with ankles, me almost chuck level, so we just put the dog on the counter. and then we climbed into the attic. across louisiana. they watched as either cause the chaos devastation, one of the worst storms to ever hit the us mainland. i think the damages data profit is worth it up being in the 20 years that i've been the parish and we think they were hurricane. even hospitals were not immune from ida inside code with patients fighting for their lives on like outside the roof, coming off one across the state. doctors try to ignore the store and get on with

what they do best. treating the l, knowing more will be on their way. we had their kind of move out of certain parts of the emergency department because there was debrief falling onto the roof. the window, the water came hand in hand, the rain hammering from the skies. the storm surge is pouring along streets and trapping drivers in their cars. power lines being ripped out electricity to the whole city of new orleans and beyond. just as the daylight was fighting, we've got a 1000000 people in louisiana without power. the people of louisiana have been told that power is likely to be all the way, not just days. this is not just a short time outage. it is being caused by officials, a catastrophic failure, which is why here a neighboring mississippi, you got all of these trucks is about a 100 of them. it goes way back. they are all being sent across the border back into louisiana to help try to get the power back home as soon as possible to some seeking safety. the only way was up this woman having to climb into her re space

from highway. one end came in with setting only a week with klein in the attic. as did many others, he couldn't walk out through the water. it's pretty clear that if you have evacuated now is not the time to return. this is very much a search and rescue operation. now it could take days or weeks. basic supplies are all on the way. we're going to stand with you and the people in the gulf as long as it takes for you to recover. and louisiana needs all the help they can get filled. lavelle al jazeera gulfport, mississippi me health officials in new zealand say the number of new code 19 cases is likely to continue falling countries when dealing with its 1st major outbreak in more than

a year during the past 2 weeks. but as wayne, hey reports, now the government is now easing restrictions. the new zealand government's decision to lock the country down 2 weeks ago was met with shock and even ridicule in some parts of the world. the prime minister jacinta roger, made the announcement when just one new case of covey 19 was found in the community . new zealand 1st in 6 months. in that 2 week period there have been 612 new infections and the peak of the outbreak may have already passed. today there are 49 new cases of code 19 to report. all of these are in oakland. obviously that's a fair the decline on yesterday. daily case number for fewer and is the lowest number of cases in 6 days. it does provide for the reassuring indication that our public health measures rapidly slowing the speed of the bars. the largest city, oakland, where the outbreak started, will remain under lockdown for at least another 2 weeks. but for the rest of the

country, restrictions will ease slightly, allowing some businesses to reopen under tight rules around mosque wearing and contactless service. this outbreak started with new zealand 1st case of the delta variants, which is seen big increases in infections in depth, in many countries. to try to prevent that happening here. the government moved quickly into a strict lockdown, which like last year in the early stages of the pandemic, appears to have worked in contrast, lockdown in australia is worse. depicted. state isn't working. the rules in new south wales, onto strict his new zealand and very indifferent aries of the states. it's recording more than a 1000 new cases a day, and there are concerns. the hospitals may not cope. these patients of some of the thickest we've ever seen. they require so much support and monitoring and physical care, wherein layers of p p a sometimes for hours at a time. this is really physically hardwick in both countries. the focus is also on

trying to recover from a slow start to vaccinate, as many people as possible before the end of the year. to speed up the process, australia announced an extra 500000 doses of 5. the vaccine will arrive this week in a swamp deal, arranged with singapore, australia will reciprocate and say in half a 1000000 doses to singapore. later in the new zealand government says it may secure a similar deal with another country amid concerns. it's rapid increase in vaccination rates is dwindling supplies. wayne, hey, al jazeera toner, new zealand, thailand. parliament is holding a special session to discuss. prime minister pray with channel chis, handling of the coven 19 pandemic. the no confidence debate is expected to last 4 days and end with a vote on saturday. politicians say the country was put in a vulnerable position, leading to a 3rd wave of the virus pilot has recorded 1200000 infections, and more than 11000 deaths are georgia has one of the worst corona,

virus infections and death rates in the world. it's health care system is close to buckling, but the government has reopened the country for tourism to help economy. critics say it's going to stay open, people must be encouraged to get vaccinated. robin forest, the walker reports from tbilisi, queuing up for the vaccines. this converted sports hall is being used to administer around 3000 shots a day. no chatting, vinnie's weight is over. my uncle died actually with my, with me and my friends and my family are scared to each other really we will be looking for. so yeah, we're going to do so will be more safe and we will be more able to see each other. georgia has the worst report greats of corporate 19 infection and death per capita in the world. intensive care units are almost bo,

this field hospitals stands ready to take patience. yet only around 13 percent of georgia adults have been fully vaccinated. many more are reluctant to do so. really a lot. they remember how this nurse died last year, shortly after encouraging others to take the astrazeneca vaccine. and they're listening to the orthodox church. these priests compare the vaccination program to a nazi science experiment, the prime minister himself a devout man, only recently got vaccinated following public criticism, i blamed government of georgia and the prime minister to be not active in this process. they could have conduct more aggressive, more active campaigning support of explanation process. but they haven't done it. i put that to the ministry of health, as he said, we are actually working more actively. and we are trying to educate people and to

help them decide on getting vaccine, considering what her benefits already extend. we want to respect their decision at the stage with georgia death and infection rates topping the global charge. the authorities are scrambling to react one of the solutions if the public will come to the vaccination, clearly bring the clinic to the public. this mobile service offering vaccinations has just been rolled out. there's no appointment needed yet. many remained skeptical or misinformed. is woman told me she had coffee 900 twice and wasn't allowed a vaccine. this by the to be said, she wasn't either. well, health guidelines suggest otherwise. this man said he'd give it a try. people in georgia are getting vaccinated, but not fast enough yet to bring the pandemic here under control of in 1st year

walker al jazeera tbilisi, a students in mexico returned to in person classes on monday most in the country favor the return, the concerns about the safety of students, a spark protest, and some schools have chosen not to reopen my rapid reports from the state to get along mexico, pacific coast. the parents, students and teachers are eagerly preparing classrooms in mexico to get a little state for return to in person classes. for the last 18 months, thomas l, the edison elementary school in the outskirts of caputo, has remain closed. the effort underway is to have the facility up and running by the august 30th back to school deadline lab at about your sped cathy, one of her classes, product. i hope we can return to classes so that our children can study and have an interest in their education because it's not the same to study at home when i me my food, the item is like though everyone is linda hand many here or worried,

the effort may not be enough. parents say the facility lacks many basic necessities like sanitation supplies and at times even running water. whether i'm, if it's the school needs many things, as you can see, even the wooden windows are rotting away. the, the corona virus contagion is still quite high in this part of mexico. and so our concerns over going back to school. then i'm off with them that we have to get the school in good condition with good ventilation and enough space on that. as you can see, the classroom is quite small. social distancing is complicated not, not the reopening of schools has been a divisive issue in mexico, sparking protests against the government, where many claim authorities have mismanaged the response to the pandemic. this demonstration in downtown mexico city was organized by students and their parents,

many of whom say they want a return to in person. classes are concerned that the mexican government cannot guarantee the safety of students. the government statistics suggest more than $5000000.00 children have dropped out of school during the pandemic. children's rights organizations also point to other alarming trends like a 24 percent increase in cases of domestic abuse. international organizations like eunice of and the w h o. c fears over contagion or warranty, but also warrant of the negative impacts the last year to half has had on children in adolescence. now, could you give me what else we have? we believe the risk of reopening schools is lower than the risks. children and adolescents already running by keeping them out of school education is not only about knowledge is about learning. social skills is a question of development, is a matter of reaching wants potential in life. and we have to prioritize this though . most schools in mexico began welcoming students on monday morning. many others

have decided not to reopen thomas l. the edison elementary in get little state is among those choosing to keep their doors close until corona virus. contagion, rates in the state are adequately reduced. monumental up a little al jazeera mexico city. oh, still ahead on just 0 in the sport. find out how the raining us open champion band upon her return to grand slam action. the latest in flushing metal coming up. a

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top is for now his center. thank you very much. have them one now me a sucka has made a winning return to grants. dennis the japanese sty through to the 2nd round of the us open. she looks to defend her flushing meadows. the crown family reports the naomi osaka is back in grand slam action. and with fans also making a come back to the us open. having been locked out last year, due to the pandemic, the japanese dom month, the occasion with some of our best form here. the 23 year old had pulled out of the french open, citing mental problems. she did complete the olympics but went out earlier than expected in new york. however, the 1st round opponent marie booth cova post a very few problem. osaka, cruising into the 2nd round 6461. so i didn't feel pressure today,

but i know i think i felt nerves because i wanted to perform well to time grand slam when the mona held up has also progress. but having miss roland garrath, wimbledon and tokyo 2020, due to a cough to her. she struggled to find her best form against camilla georgie. after winning the 1st set, halleck was pushed to a tie break in the 2nd. she managed to battle through though winning it 73 to advance. i struggle little bit in the end to finish the match, but i'm happy that actually i've been strong enough in the, in the end. arguably the much of the day came in the men's rules. 2012 champion and the murray looked to have turned back the clock as he faced the seat depth and the 50 pad on the bridge door was looking good for the women to

do on a bus pass proved to be too strong. the greek shattering maurice hopes of a fairy tale run. taking cit, 456364. there was also a bit of controversy though with murray unhappy with the past for taking length the toilet break during the match. i think he's great for the game, but i have 0 time for that stuff, a tall and i lost respect for him. i don't think a broken arrows i played by the guidelines in how everything is 2nd. see done in med with. it is also through off the dominating front is richard, gas, gay, and straight that the russian was the runner up in 20. 19. but judging by his 1st drawn form, it will take quite an effort to stop him this time round. to hill malik algeria, its transfer deadline day and football clubs in europe. the biggest leaks are

expected to complete some major last minute business. one deal that's been dominating the headlines is christiano are now the move to man to see nighted from the event is the deals now complete united the report, the paying initial $17000000.00 for the portuguese. a saw was called the 118 gold and 292 games in his 1st fell at old trafford. probably sounds i'm asking him, but a is the talk of the town with him being linked with the move to real madrid. but according to a post, a french international won't believe in p s g before the deadline will cup winner is however, out of contract in 10 months, which reports suggesting he's likely to sign a pre contract with re out in january. and finally, something and not for the faint heart had said the cliff diving wolf, made its way to the beautiful city of monster and was near. has a vienna australian way in the land that continued her dominance in the women's events came in a remarkable temper,

consecutive victory that for me has them thank santa and that is it for this news back into miss with more news ah nigeria, life you see bit are the use for boys one of you with that? right? i do not know an individual that is followed in that you are like football. my name is nadia is your development manager. it is my niger my my jerry on i'll do there. ah. when freedom of the press is under threat, you know, you just because i thought, jenny, when the, about your thought toward the making government step outside the mainstream,

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