your messages today from both of you, your messages of compassion and gratitude are certainly understood in the last several days to view at multiple times has issues these kinds of messages and statements. and what i'm curious about is what you see in the country with troops with veterans that makes you feel you did a rare thing that makes them feel these messages put out so many in the last few days, really, i was very struck. you use the word pain and anger and that you understood that was out there. so as a combat for yourself, can you help people understand that? where does your pain and anger come from? if you could both answer your son started by saying, barbara,

this is the longest war in, in our history. and so there have been a couple of generations that have participated in, in this war and, and as we've gone about, i've gotten input and reactions that are from all sides of this, of this issue. and as i said in my opening statement, that's to be expected. and, and of course, i respect that and i think we have to provide ourselves the time and space to adequately deal with, with everything that our veterans have been through. and we will work through those issues and the system will be there to support our veterans as we work through those issues. i just think again, we need to respect each other's views and be supportive of each other. and one thing i would say barb is that people will processes differently. and for those who

think they need help, please seek help. were there for you. and as i said, you heard me say a number of times before, you know, mental health is health period. and so this will take time to work for people to, to, to work their way through their varying opinions on each side of the aisle. and that's to be expected and respected. so can you assure the question. so barbara, you asked me where my pang are comes from. i have all the same emotions and i'm sure sex doesn't and anyone to serve. and i commanded troops. and i wasn't born a 4 star general. i have walked the patrols and been blown up and shot it, and r p g and everything else. and my pain and anger comes from the same as, as grieving families the same as those soldiers that are on the ground. last not visited the wounded up and walter read. this is tough stuff. war is hard. it's

vicious, it's brutal. it's unforgiving. and yes, we all have pain and anger. and when we see what is unfolded over the last 20 years, and over the last 20 days, that creates pain and anger. and mine comes from 240 to my soul fuel than action over 20 years in iraq and afghanistan. so yeah, i have that, but i'm a professional soldier. i'm going to contain my pain and anger and continue to execute my mission. i, thanks years ago where to go guys, be sent back to our job. we are not going to take our eye off the ball, the woods there of the us defense secretary lloyd austin. giving this press briefing in arlington, virginia, the headquarters of the pentagon. he went on to say, we will continue to defend america and to conduct counter terrorism operations,

requiring us to assure up security around the canister can deepen our ties with all down lies and new partners. he also promised to look back and learn every lesson. we can, he said his words in that sentiment also echoed by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark, milly, who said counter terrorism operations in afghanistan and the region have protected protected america for 20 years. the hasn't been an attack on the homeland. he went on to point out, but he did speak of the mixed feelings. the longest war has produced saying we are conflicted with feelings of pain, sadness, and anger, but also pride and resilience. he sang the service men and women who had served during america's longest was saying your service mattered and was not in vain. it was interesting to see how they answered one of the key questions. one of the 1st

questions that was post of what the future relationship might or coordination might look like. with the tone yvonne and lloyd austin replied, saying that they were working with autonomy bond on a very narrow issue and could not make any leap of logic on broader issues. i think oh hain has been listening to all of that news conference joins us now from washington d. c. so i guess you could say, patty, this was an attempt to try and pat clothes, some of those wounds, very deep wounds, which were evident that and put a brave face on the whole situation. we've seen this in fairly unusual. we've seen statement after statement from the top browser at the pentagon, reassuring the troops that served there that their service was not in vain. you heard the general there say the fact that these people got out and they have a new life new. they can start

a new life that is the legacy of their time in afghan, a stand. but i think you saw very vis, really the general talking about the troops that died under his command. this is a very hard thing for the american military to accept if you think about it 20 years of war. and when they left the, the caliber was back in charge just like they were. the 1st day the war started, except this time they're better armed with american equipment. so i think this press conference was about, it was not about accountability. it was about explaining how this went so badly so fast. it was about sending the message to the all the hundreds of thousands of troops that served there to say your service wasn't in vain. i think the most important part was secretary saying, if you're hurt and get help, how of those woods going to go down on one is a still a very divisive war and increasingly divisive political issue. well, you know, i think we have to put it in perspective, although the international media has been very much focused on this pulse. so the

majority of american stuff, the war. busy needed to and now they're not happy with the way it did in fact and but again, this is becoming a political issue. but from the pentagon perspective right now, their main concern is about the for this is a really hard thing for them because the questions being asked, what was the point of 20 years of war, 1000 more 1000 or wounded, not dimensional. the civilians and the fact that they weren't able to get all the americans out when all along they were saying the main thing they wanted to do was get every american out. now that we believe there's about $200.00 still there. not to mention a tens of thousands of atkins that they promised to have safe harbor that they were not able to get out. so, i think the big question going forward, especially when congress gets involved, is, how did this happen? how did you not have any intelligence that this was going to go so bad, so fast, and then what certain mistakes did you make in getting people out? now you saw the secretary sort of push that aside. say,

we're not here to talk about that now. something always goes wrong and every mission will figure it out later. but again, just focus here and this press conference. is there concern about what this is doing to the morale of the military? because i can tell you just the vive, in the still date is one of just devastation from defense. and i'm looking at things from an international perspective. clear again, depending on the scoring the sentiment of the message that american military intervention in the region will not. and there was a very narrow window here where they were, well, they're saying that they are going to keep keep targeting iso ok in afghanistan. and i think the military really sending the message there about what the taliban, how they feel about it. when general ma millie said, look you do what you have to in war. you don't have to necessarily like it really sending the message that they worked with the taliban because they had to because the taliban had control of cobble, had controlled the perimeter of the airport. signaling that they have no intention necessary to work with them in the future. but this is really more of a president joe biden is sending the message that the u. s. has done trying to

build nations across the globe. so the military though, focusing right now on the troops and the potential damage to reputation abroad. all right, thanks so much kathy call. hi me there. let's go back to the diplomatic push to bring stability to afghanistan on the taliban rule. jamal shall into her report, western governments realize they need some level of discussion with the group. a message that com is that there needs to be engagements with the new orders 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 afghan 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 of 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. and i've kind of done 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 pottery foreign minister shipping from the not the amount nathaniel efficient to this somebody that doing heavy for study. we have urged the taliban to preserve the freedom of movement and provide safe passages to all citizens, including foreign nationals and afghan, 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 by the bond. 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 technicians from have been arriving enough to stand there expected to help bring cobb lab hole back online after it was damaged. during the recent evacuations, the airport runway is still operational, but the terminal and and traffic control town need repairs. western powers are pushing for the airport to be operational to allow people to leave and help maintain a deliveries. the need for aid is readily apparent on the streets that can scramble to get the basics. many has rob mcbride reports can even access the bank accounts, the trying to get a grip on an economy that is faltering it best. outside one of cobbles, main banks,

the taliban allowing just 10 customers at a time as hundreds more weight that turn not very patiently. but a bit of command. abraham probably didn't expect to be controlling frustrated crowds when the taliban stool to victory will be a home. yes, of course we understand the problems and that's why we've brought these much. i mean, it's how many customers government employees who say they hadn't been paid for months . and course by the speed of the former governments collapse. everyone is running out of cash. but like a memo, not because men should have handed over everything in good order. instead of running away like a did, i have money in a bank like $4000.00, but, but i can't cash my money from buy people's access to banks and to cash remains the

real problem. the banks have largely remain closed when they are open. there are strict limits on how much you can withdraw. it all pointed to a much bigger fiscal problem of how afghan is done is going to pay its way taliban government. the country central bank reserves have been frozen by the us while world bank and diana funding has stopped just surviving is the immediate concern for many businesses. it takes like 6 months. the hussein family completed the expensive opening of a 2nd coffee shop branch 2 weeks before the taliban takeover. i re compact with the people who are have restaurants who have from individual businesses. so they're all down. further down the street, taylor hamid raheem. me doesn't know when things will improve what i mean. so there's one called what a modern because the bang fact lost in people's mind is stuck in the bank. there is

no business. if the banks are open, then people come own his rac hanging, increasing number of uncollected jackets in suits. they were ordered before the taliban victory by people who no longer have the cash to pay for them. fabric from all who left the clothes and that country behind in search of something better one another. robert bride al jazeera couple. i'll just here is this has been ga, it has been given rare access to the east in afghan city of gyla, but he spoke to people there about life under the taliban. people who did all of us have been telling us that life has been normal from the very onset bond takeover because it was a peaceful one. when the governor handed over power through i saw the bond governor, alabama have removed checkpoints from around the city. they've taken over control of security and we've been witnessing police offices going about their business, especially the traffic guy, trying to maintain these busy streets as you can see. so the thought of on have

given assurances to people that they can go about their business as they can carry on as usual. but people here have been concerned about when the salaries are going to be paid when other banks are going to reopen. and will this solid bond that they've seen in the last 2 weeks is going to continue their operations as the us forces withdrew we heard from thought about on. does that value are all enjoyed about the departure of us forces? they've also been telling us about how their faith abuse in the last 20 years. i asked one of them who spent 9 years in the notorious background prison. and he was sending me that the prisoner, the guard who was torturing him, who kept him in solitary confinement. he had given him a complete amnesty from any retribution or revenge because their leadership had decided that now it is time to one of the son needs to go into a place where there is security and safety. and only then there could be economic debility. and that is something that people here have been hoping for because they

think that the dollar bond would at least not be marred. and the kind of corruption that they've been seeing in the last 20 years. the way the us ended, the war is re ignited conversations among european leaders about becoming less reliant on american military meeting in slovenia. to discuss the crisis looked at the e u rapid reaction force. we do not know the such joke, political event to grasp that you must twice for greater decision making to autonomy and greater capacity for action throughout europe in union city's list to protect interest, to defend in the values. and there was space to national order to promote. and of course, we cannot each know to i teach development in the world. we do not meet more strategic to be chose. we want to be stronger and more influential,

because we want to have greater impact. and because we want to strengthen alliances . oh gosh, martha has more from paris. ahead of the european union council was talking at a conference in slovenia when he made those comments. and basically what he has been say is that you must learn lessons from the afghan style crisis, namely that i can no longer necessarily rely on the united states that you heard that show. michelle saying that the you must become more will one, the more independent when it comes to defense when it comes to security. and his comments basically echo those that we've heard for the foreign policy chief use. a burrell can recently say that it is clear to those in the european union that the u . s. is disengaging with the international see more and more,

and that is why many in the you and now calling for the european union to become a lot more independent, as i said in terms of defense and security will, burrell is due to address m p. 's, members of the european parliament, and he is expected of course to talk about us getting them. britain's top diplomat says the u. k played out a scenario where cobble fell to the thought of bon suddenly, but they never thought it would actually happen. foreign secretary dominic rob is being questioned by a parliamentary committee. it's been severely criticized for his handling of the crisis. he's not being baba. well, the session of the foreign affairs committee, a parliament which is actually in recess, was chaired by tom, too, and hut. he's a conservative member of parliament previously served in afghanistan with the armed forces and has been fairly critical of the foreign secretary dominate. robin on wednesday he repeated the accusation that this was britain's biggest foreign policy

failure since the super crisis of the 19 fifties and dominic rob was asked about whether there were serious intelligence failures. given that we've seen chaotic scenes outside cobble airport and that there are large numbers of africans eligible to come to the u. k. to be evacuated, who actually left behind? dominic, rob said that there weren't failures. an intelligence likely slight central proposition was given the true withdrawal. by the end of august, you would see a steady deterioration from that point. and that it was unlike deacon would for this year i thought was the central assessment. and of course, with all the usual kathy, 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 something that was widely share that view amongst nato allies. well dominic,

rob said there was contingency planning for a more rapid escalation of events in afghanistan on before april of this year. he also said that he had been in touch with counterparts in the region, even though he hadn't gone himself. and he refused to go into the details of why he and prime minister for his johnson were on holiday. around the time that it was clear that the taliban were rapidly advancing on kabul, he also refused to go into detail on allegations that thousands of miles to the foreign office detailing urgent case is requiring evacuation out of afghanistan went on onset. dominic rob said it wasn't possible right now to put a precise figure on the number of those left behind. in other words, people who have the right to come to recess. so in the u. k, he said the number of u. k. national still in afghanistan was in the hundreds,

but some people think the why to figure, including people at risk such as human rights activists, could number in the thousands you are president joe biden is offering federal help to restore power and water states ravaged by hurricane ida fixing the electrical grid could take weeks raising phase of a health crisis. stranded people run low on drinking water. fill of al reports from left last near new orleans. some are they all completely desperate. here with the help. please, ida tore out rubes and windows ripped bricks out of walls, destroying lives and buildings in a few long hours. now they are pleading all please look him up with him. i want to know my mama through your will be you. i love you. i what we appeal, we need some help a plea, 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 that 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 reach them to see if they're okay. but the issue isn't that you have to try to rescue them. yeah, you can't get so i can't get a big either. and i don't have a boat, i'm hotelier, my would be on a boat. so that's why i would just hoping if somebody would be here, they'll go, i was hoping the 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 then this disease because if you've been hit by dave or 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 home incredibly dangerous. the power has been out here and in the why didn't you all the ins area since how can either 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 now you have air 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 what danger 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 i have the people that either helped you it helped me and did. what do we bottom up 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. thailand is known for a 0 tolerance policy for people convicted on drug charges. but it's taking a different approach with a new narcotic spill, emphasizing prevention and treatment for small scale use instead of prison time,

and a tougher approach to organized crime. skyler reports from bangkok, child got out of prison earlier this year after serving 9 months for possession of 10 instead of pills. and a few grams of the drug in crystal form. he prefers that we hide his face as he works to put his life back on track. if he had just 5 more pills when he was arrested, shy, would have been charged with dealing, leading to a guarantee of years in prison. many of thailand's narcotics laws date back to the 1970 is when a 0 tolerance approach was thought to be the best way to combat drug use and production. but it didn't do either and prison filled be on capacity. but legislators hope that will change this month. parliament passed the narcotics bill that were form those laws. more of a focus on treatment for users and stronger laws to go after organized crime and chai is happy about the new laws that feels the government needs to make the public aware of them. now go home to the law. my life would have been better if this law was implemented back then. but the content back time, can we?

i was looking and begging for a 2nd chance. it was my 1st offense, and i had to go to prison for having a tiny amount of drugs. about 80 percent of thailand's prisoners are there on drug related charges since taking office 3 years ago, thailand's justice minister has made narcotics law reform. a priority may maybe something is totally wrong. if the method we're using to tackle the drugs problem still doesn't solve the issue. we must change our way. a person serving a long sentence just because they possessed a few pills of amphetamine, is to extreme on me. we need to find a sustainable solution before we run out of space in our prisons. prison. overcrowding again came into focus because of covered 1900 outbreaks in thailand's prison system. like this one, just outside bank of one states over 80 percent of the incarcerated population tested positive for coping 19 that reinforced the political push to reform the existing narcotics laws. the un office on drugs in crime has been working with the thai government on the bill, even with the pandemic. 2021 is looking to set

a new record on the amount of drug traffic in thailand, mainly from the golden triangle along its northern border. major organized crime groups have scaled up production as they've changed and tried to make the golden triangle essentially into a global production points. one thing that's really impressive about the bill is this shift towards the organized crime and particularly the proceeds of crime. new laws allow authorities to go after unexplained wealth of those suspected of narcotics operations, even if they win their criminal trials. they might not had to prison, but their money will be confiscated. but for the laws to succeed, says the un, they must be applied as designed. if not more, trafficking records will be broken and the prisons will remain overcrowded. got either al jazeera, bangkok, north korea, as leader was seen posing for pictures with crowds on these countries. youth de state media reported kim jones matter, photo op, took place outside the capital. young young government organized youth groups in

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