segregate to say, the reason this is extremely important service that they provide the city we need to take america to try to bring people together and trying to deal with people who have been left behind me. ah, after 20 years of war, huge challenges for afghanistan, people, and they knew taliban rule is with an economy left in ruins. ah, hello, i'm emily anglin. this is al jazeera alive from dough house. so coming up with the dutch foreign minister, visiting jo, ha casa plays essential role is

a diplomatic bridge between the taliban. i mean, international community please desperate scenes in the us state of louisiana. 48 hours after. hark. and ida devastated the region and israel a's is some restrictions in gaza, days after the high level talk in k me it's been more than 24 hours since us troops left to afghanistan and the taliban took control. but there's no word yet on a new government in cobble or the safe relocation of thousands of people who want to leave. west empowers looking at kata which played a crucial role in the race and evacuation. if it's to use its influence to help the taliban form and inclusive government and allow safe passage also asked her to

employ is influencing context to really help all parties of done as time to reach an inclusive political agreement that ensures stability and future prosperity of all people and i've got to stand and of course we've discussed situation of the vulnerable position of religious and ethnic minorities and women and girls. and we would like to contribute to this process. and i've also off his excellency, very kindly to, to agree to the relocation of the nicholas embassy from couple to doha. katara is urging afghanistan's new ladies to uphold the rights of women and girls. it's calling for african women to play an active role in rebuilding the country. woman. on an extensive part of the negotiation that took place and daughter between the taliban and other factions, was centered on woman and the ruling society. we reiterated the woman to play a vital role, and this was emphasized, especially considering the majority of the negotiation team was made up of woman.

we also reiterated to the taliban that they should care for the review of their policies and rhetoric and narratives towards women. and they should reconsider and readdress the issues of woman's rights and allow them to take an effective and active role. so they could for the enjoy and exercise the rights and taliban should not back down to what they have promised. on the ground, the taliban has taken charge in the middle of an economic crisis, and the un secretary general and tony, a good carrot, has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe. with one in 3 africans facing hunger. jamal al shiela was at the press conference here in doha and fall. this report a message that com is that there needs to be engagement with the new world. ours, on the ground in afghanistan, that engagement is needed for a multitude of reasons. first and foremost is to ensure that the humanitarian needs of the african people are met because you need to deal with

people on the ground there. so whether that's through getting the airport up and running again, whether it's through signing and g o z to try and help those in need enough kind of son or that needs to be done with that engagement. second reason for that obviously is to find political solutions, or at least to find some sort of a partner, enough kind of stuff that will enjoy international legitimacy and recognition. but as each country has been stating that will come across some of the key points. there were outlined by the battery for a minute to shift from the not the amount nathaniel efficient to this somebody that doing heavy for study. we have heard the telephone to preserve the freedom of movement and provide safe passages to all citizens, including foreign nationals and african holding these us to leave the country. this will be insured till the airport is operational and the movement will be normal. this will also apply to foreign visitors who wants to come to their homeland body, but these talks are going to continue. these diplomatic discussions are going to

continue. what people are waiting to find out to see is how they're going to yield practical results on the ground. first and foremost, were to come up with some sort of a mechanism for the re operation of couple international airport. because if you want to engage with a government lease, if you want to engage with a country are movements, you can't do that without having trade, without having missions going down and so forth. so key to that will be a solution to the situation of couple international airport and child strap that has the light is from the capital cobble. these talks between talk taliban leaders . officials are ongoing in kandahar and helman province, which is the hot land for charlie bond. we understand that it is actually included in those talks, representatives of the various ethnic minority communities. but yeah, there are questions of sickness with respect to various factions in itala bomb. the may differ on ideological lines. for example,

there are also big challenges with respect to the basic governance. when such an administration, such a government is actually formed. huge questions with respect to money. how is the taliban going to convince the western world international community that each is basically standing by its commitments, the promises that it's made in the last few days or so. the west is saying that it's not going to release that money until it sees proof of those commitments being realized. there are also problems of connected to that money with respect to, for example, paying taliban fighters. you speak journalists and they say, well, there are concerns that money isn't seen sooner or later sooner rather than later. then then we're looking at possible questions with respect to maybe even defections . 2 groups, as these talks go on in trying to form some sort of administration that he's not already seen as legitimate here, but vitally if that money is going to be freed,

seen as being legitimate by the rest of the world. technicians from kata have been arriving in afghanistan. they're expected help bring cobbles, april back online after it was damaged during the race in evacuations. the airport runway still operational, but the terminal and traffic control tell are in die made of repair western powers of pushing for the airport to be opperation or to allow people to leave and to help maintain a delivery. it was president joe biden has defended his decision to withdraw troops from afghanistan. he said it was the right decision to end what he called the forever wall fisher as the light, it's from the white house, but what you'll buy? no. so it did was say, look, we're not done enough gun is done, they will continue this over the horizon view to try stuff out any threat to americans of the american whole month. and of course, just under a week ago, we were talking about suicide bombing capital in port which killed 30 marines. that

didn't go unnoticed by joe biden as well. he warned, i saw k that the war for them isn't over with the departure of the united states into ices k. we are not done with you yet. as commander in chief, i firmly believe the best past, the guard our safety and our security lies the tough, unforgiving, targeted, precise strategy. because after cherry, where it is a day, not where it was 2 decades ago. that's what's in our national interest. people i've been speaking to over the last day or so, and they look, joe biden was always very keen to get american troops out of afghan. it's done when back obama was talking about putting more troops into gonna stand the search in 2007 as a situation room in the white house. when joe biden was vice president. he argued against that, but he was on the losing sight. so he's always been very keen to end the war enough

. got to start to get american troops out. and he made that clear several times. what he said, look, we're not going to commit to another decade of sending americans to fight in afghanistan when the afghan government wouldn't fight for themselves. but here's the site for that, your bike know, whatever comes out of afghanistan, whatever, consequences, the odd of the decision to an american presence in afghanistan after 20 years. it doesn't matter whether you're biting blame the afghan government for collapsing quickly. whether he blamed donald trump for coming up with this deal that he thought was a bad deal. the fact a president joe biden know owns the withdrawal of american trips from afghanistan and all that will flow from the u. k is foreign secretary is being ruled by a parliamentary committee of the countries withdraw from afghanistan. he's defended britain security operation at the airport saying intelligence had not predicted cobble falling to the taliban. so quickly. likely, likely,

central proposition was given the troop withdrawal by the end of august you would see a steady deterioration from that point and that it was, unlike deacon would fall this year i thought was the central session. and of course, with all the usual cavities you will be familiar with. that doesn't mean we didn't do contingency planning a game out to test the other propositions. and just to be clear, that's something that was widely share that view amongst nato allies. from on the story we're joined by a jane bob, a live from london. hello, then a dame. the foreign secretary is being accused of being missing in action during this withdrawal. what more can you tell us about the pressure he's under? well is considerable, but just on what you've just heard from dominic, rob. he said that funding for the ministry withdrawal started in april, but he insisted that contingency planning for more rapids escalation on the ground

actually started before that point. he has denied that the u. k. was caught not paying the shadow foreign secretary lisa 9 d from the opposition labor party has said he's been missing an action not just over the last 2 weeks, but over the last 18 months that she says he's had to prepare for they said military withdraw dominic rob insistent that he was across the briefing, he was asked by tom too hot. so conservative chair of the foreign affairs committee here in parliament. what kind of contacts he's had with his counterparts in neighboring countries park? he's done so jake has done was beckett's done. he said, but he wasn't sure exactly when the last time a foreign minister actually went to the region. he and he assured the committee that was ongoing contact previously. mr. too hot as contrasted the efforts of the german government for example, and a foreign minister. hi,

co muss to what dominic rob has be doing in terms of meeting his counterpart. so dominic rob was also so about, excuse me, how many people were left behind and why many people perceive the way evacuations were handled as chaotic, where he says that the british authorities did everything they could, that of course, leaving anyone behind is too many. but he said it was not possible to put a figure with any precision on how many you k nationals. you know, i've got his don will not say vacuum to the although he thinks it's in the hundreds . but many people estimate that it could be thousands in terms of those eligible to come to the u. k. because they worked with british forces or because are at risk. for example, they work with non governmental organizations. they what human rights activists and so on, dominate world, a jew himself to travel to the region later on wednesday,

he's expected to go to parties on and to cut the u. k. it's already sent officials to cut off to talk to taliban officials on facilitating safe passage for people on that list. eligible to come to be effectively to make sure they can get out of the country to those neighboring countries unknown to planes, to the u. k. there are currently around 10000 afghans in currency hotels here in the u. k. according to the government, the good news for them is that the majority of them around a 1000 who came under a relocation scheme for people who worked with the british will be given indefinite right to remain in the u. k. but the government has not made that promise to the others who are going to be coming under a resettlement scheme which will allow in $20000.00 over the next few years. so as always saying, dominate, rob calling, give precise figures, but he is insistent,

the efforts are wrong. going to make sure that everyone who is connected to the u. k. forces and has the right to come to the u. k. will actually be helped while these parliamentary committee is ongoing to keep us posted nadeem and a dame bob by joining us live there from london to rick alley. easy alter of the 40 war in afghanistan of chronicle for told he thinks it's time for western powers to learn from them is thanks going to get this done. i think the 1st thing which has to be said very clearly and bluntly that this has been a huge political and ideological defeat for the american empire, for nato and for their lives. and it will bring hope on that level to many others who are still struggling like in palestine and other parts of that. this is possible, this can be done. and that is the principal reason. in my opinion,

why there are so many saw faces. because normally when you bring a war to an end, you shouldn't be given some credit for it. and i think biden is absolutely right to have decided to withdraw from, from his, it was a war that was going know where it was a war that had wasted corinthians. it was a war in which the only people who benefit it was the large corporations linked to the military, industrial complex of the united states. and that's where, and it's a war that have to be ended for the sake of the people. there was no other alternative mean biden is right. the, the other alternative was to send more troops get down with no guarantee whatsoever that they were going to win the war. so it's a huge to beat politically, an ideologically, and that should not be for about. and the fact that the liberal media in europe and elsewhere is moaning, is because they got it wrong. they told they could win the war,

were some of us predicted. this was a war that couldn't be one, it will never be one interesting thing here is that the united states knew this decade ago. they had the intelligence, who were some cases very clear that we've gone when the wall. so the question that should be asked to buy another american leaders is not why did you pull out that, why you take so long to pull out and do you not realize what a mistake it was going in there in the place? these are the questions that should be posed that are not being posed by most to be networks like the b, b, c, c. and then there are others who affectively attacking by them for pulling out without giving any reason or explaining what the alternative was. it's the total collapse of the this thing government which betrayed the illusion

of western politicians and their favorites, or media outlets. it's nothing else because they were committed to it. they actually began to believe the untruths that they have been peddling for 20 years. so it's a defeat on many, many levels for the united states, and we have to learn the lesson still ahead on al jazeera, more on why health care work is in the philippines of taken to this string. ah ah hallo there the main front continue springs for very heavy rain outs of central china into the korean peninsula, rolling across japan. he mentioned this as a rope of rain. it just runs across a similar area,

getting dragged in from west to east. and you'll see that wet weather running across the far south of south korea. pushing into the southern half of japan as we go on through the stay and continue to do a similar thing as we go on through friday friday. it's a very wet day there for tokyo, by the south, a scattering showers into the southeast corner of china. plenty of showers, meanwhile, across south east asia, some lively ones there into the philippines. we have seen flooding in some way. see, be seen from and much slice recently into some archer, more showers, coming in here to go through the next few days, thought i'd also sing some very wet weather myanmar also seeing some very heavy rain. and again, we have seen some flooding here. and wet weather will continue as you go on through the coming days. plenty of rain into the western side of india, particularly up towards the northwest. we do have warnings in force, just a round goodyears, the circulation will spin away. it will make his way into southern parts of pakistan as we go on through friday, could cause some flooding here and plenty of wet weather. continuing to the south

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hello. you're watching al jazeera, i'm emily and gwen a reminder of our top stories this our cutout foreign minister has held tools about gun it's done with. he's dodge county in several western nations. have often to engage with the taliban and push the group to form an inclusive government. president joe biden has defended his decision to withdraw troops from afghanistan. he said it was the right decision to end what he called the forever war. and the u . k. foreign secretary is being questioned by a home entry committee over the country withdraw from us get this done. he's defended version security operation of the airport saying all intelligence pointed to cobble, not falling to the taliban. so quickly. it's business as usual on the token border crossing between pakistan and afghanistan. it's a crucial land route for supplies into afghanistan is come all high to report. it's

another day of life i door come border, the people from of what it's on approaching into budget on and all the ones who are stranded and focused on are now going back across on that day. people are now hoping to redraw a foreign for today and the taliban gaining control over most of the country that they will be the ability and piece of runners on the album dollar bond have already sent a signal to the outside world that day really engage with anyone who wants to talk to them the bugger, saudi prime minister had also stated that it did essential to have a sustained effort in order to he return to work on that. go to piece and i've run it down well all for dividend, for the entire region and be graded on red, offered an opportunity for an increase in trade and all sorted by economic activity in a country that badly needed more people that we have talked to here will tell you that

do united states game a board and sean rest and brand of democracy, something that people say, it's not a workable in this region to the rest of the days. news and you as president joe biden is offering federal help to restore power and water to strength, ravaged by hurricane ida. fixing the electrical grid could take wakes, rising fees of a health crisis is trying to people run low on drink or drinking water. phil laval reports from the plants near new orleans. some are they all completely desperate here with the help. please. ida tore out rooms and windows ripped bricks out of walls, destroying lives and buildings in a few long hours. now they are pleading, let me go, please look him up with it. i want to know my mama, your will be you. i love what we appeal. we need somebody's help. but where do you

even begin from the sky? it is just water everywhere. roads now rivers, they look like boats, but they're actually cause residents just have to hope the engine holds out. almost all of the phones at down here. ever since this thing started, we have no communication with anybody. some all getting on line to ask for help on social media. but here in la plus just north of new orleans, they are pretty much trapped. j owns for hotels. his 30 stuff have been stranded inside for days. he can't reach them to see if they're okay, but the issue isn't it. you have to try to rescue them. yeah, you can't get so i can get back to the and i don't have a boat, i'm hotel, your my would be on a boat. so that's why i would just hoping somebody would be here, they'll go, i was hoping that national guard or somebody be protecting the danger for those who are now trapped by this water is enormous. first of all, you've got the risk of alligators because they are moving into these, what are essentially now rivers. we know of at least one attack than this disease.

because if you've been hit by day, you have an open wound. this water is filthy. you don't want to go anywhere near it . and then of course, there is the bigger risk of the power lines. low to them come down. they lifted the side of the road where they snapped like twigs some, making the simple act of walking hope incredibly dangerous. the power has been out here and in the wide and you will the ins area since hearken. i'm struck official said the great is quote, 100 percent smashed. it may be off for weeks. some have generators, which means they can help with the clean up. but they need gas, which is scarce cause line up outside this gas station because there's what a delivery as you drive through this town, all you see is devastation shop fronts. gone and tie a homes destroyed. that's my living room. we are actually in it every year. doing the time jason was watching tv when this tre up rooted, and came through the ceiling bed to take

a decision between what danger i want to deal with. he and his wife had to run into the storm to escape. even in those winds, you have to go outside and run down the street. yes sir, definitely, because at this point you have air weather when it's blowing at this point, it could lift the whole roof and now we for now. so what should we put ourselves in danger, but i to take a decision between which things i want to deal with from the sky. they search for those who need immediate rescue and through all of it, that deep south resilience and humor shines through. by the way, i want to cut the story anyway. and not i have the people either helped you. it helped me and that was the bottom of front, that exact area. so that's going to happen. so i mean it's nothing to do but smiled about it. i that took a lot from them, but she will not take this spirit. phil laval, al jazeera le class louisiana. the world health organization says it's monitoring a new strain of the corona virus known as the mover and it was 1st identified in columbia bank. in january, experts warn it could partially evade the immune system. the w h o says more

research is needed to better understand its risks. meanwhile, the delta varying continues to search across se asia, but there are signs that look down to working in thailand and indonesia learns louis reports from calling them, pull, overworked, and underpaid. health care workers in the philippines are protesting in the capital manila, the country is once again seeing soaring, rates of new infections. spurred by the highly transmissible dealt her very, and it is sad that many of us have died. many of us have become sick and many have resigned, opted to retire early. yet we are still kneeling before the department of health to give us our benefits. the government set aside special risk allowances for medical staff last year, but many say the compensation has not been paid malaysia to is seeing infection and death rates go up despite a lockdown and

a vaccination campaign which has seen more than 45 percent of its population fully vaccinated, there are concerns, the real numbers could be even higher. we have public health experts that i've been cited recently saying that for every one confirm case of course 1900, there's actually 2 cases of over 1900, which go undetected. he says it's important that other preventive measures like double masking and physical distancing, continued to be practiced. other countries are reporting lower infection rates. indonesia, which saw a peak in cases last month has started eating restrictions around 12 percent of schools. it's capital jakarta reopened their doors for the 1st time since the pandemic started. schools in the city was supposed to reopen in june, but the plan was postponed as another wave of infections hits the country thailand to is seeing

a dip in cases after record high just 2 weeks ago. but the government has come under heavy criticism for the handling of the pen deli. the tie parliament has begun to know confidence debate on prime minister pri, you'd channel jar, and 5 ministers with a vote should you for saturday. florence louis al jazeera qual important israel says it will now allow hollis damien fishermen to go further into the sea. israel has been imposing restrictions on the waters off garza is leading to awakening as efficient in industry and pollution of its shores. as part of the easing of restrictions, israel says it will also reopen and increase access to true main border crossings. it all comes just days after high level talks between the palestinian president and israeli defense minister una l. siad is in and out with something these easing measures that have been announced by the israeli government today. off the

15 opening the sea, the gods, the sea, up to 15, not 12 miles in front of the gods, the fisherman, and also the reopening of the kingdom of selim crossing and allowing more reconstruction materials, even if it's only in favor of the private sector. but also it has allowed the export of some of the materials from the gaza strip to where the occupied was bank like the textile and some of the fruits and vegetables as well as the increasing the share of water that is provided for it. because the strip as because the strip suffers of action shortage of water. even if the water goes to only special parts in the strip, as well as also rising or expanding the number of workers and businessmen that go from because the strip through the bay tenant crossing or the area checkpoint to israel, to work in israel to 7000 which is adding

a 5 more 1000 workers and business men to be able to. 7 take permits to work in israel. these. ringback measures come to ease a lot and lift the lots of suffering on the population, hearing gods, where hundreds of people year depend on fishing, for instance, as a lively source of livelihood. which means that they have been really, really affected the past 3 months very much by this restrictions. ah, hello, i am emily, angling this is al jazeera and these are the top stories. cuts as foreign minister has held talks about afghanistan with these dodge counterpart in doha. several western nations have asked kata to engage with the taliban,

but also asked for its influences context to really help all parties of donna's time to reach an inclusive political agreement.