ah, al jazeera, when i me this is al jazeera ah hello, i'm stymied, say that the news out live from coming up in the next 60 minutes. the u. s. defense chief in south gamma sounds. war wasn't full thin vein that they found to keep an eye on. on the bon rule. this is a ruthless group from the past, and whether or not they change remains to be seen. casa pushes diplomacy to bring stability to afghan assignments. pressure grows for an inclusive audubon government

facing a financial squeeze, increasing desperation of guns at a time of economic uncertainty. the launch business as usual. indeed, the afghan city of july, the bog. we gather ragland of life. the you, lulu, don, jim nash with sports. now me a thought advances around 3 of us. i've been tennis off to her opponent withdrawals and a huge be to, to ask a cricket with a ton about approving a historic test, much against australia, and they to the ship me out 20 years of war over but sacrifices not forgotten. who taught us? defense chiefs, the spoken about the countries long conflict in afghanistan, it ended in what was at times chaos scenes on monday,

after trillions of dollars spent and devastating civilian casualties. now with a thought, bon bank in control, the u. s. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the defense secretary vowing to watch what happens under the groups rule. we don't know what the future the taliban is, but i can tell you from personal experience at this as a ruthless group from the past and whether or not they change remains to be seen. and as far as our dealings with them at that our field or in the past year or so in war, you do what you must in order to reduce risk emission and force not what you necessarily want to do with those who bear the wounds of war to body and to soul, we will never forget what you did and what you gave our country. oh you, thanks. that won't fade and support that won't falter

the war has ended. but our gratitude never will. patrick, how he has been listening to that news conference joins us now live from washington . d. c. were actually from arlington, virginia, where the pentagon is patty. that speech that we heard by to top defense officials, really trying to reach out and acknowledge the pain of this war. but to, to emphasize, to people that it wasn't for nothing exactly. this press conference was 100 percent about sending a message to the u. s. military and all the people who work here in the pentagon and all bases all across the country in the world. this has been seen in the us as a humiliating withdraw. there are lots of questions these 2 gentlemen need to have answers for such as how did the intelligence go so wrong? was it in fact wrong? when they publicly came out and said, they thought the forces could last 6 months to up to a year and a half. was there

a contingency plan? they say there was a contingency plan, that's why we had all these troops near afghanistan able to deploy very quickly. but there are going to be lots and lots of questions about how this got so wrong so fast. how they weren't able to get all the americans out to believe they're about $200.00 or so. so they're why the majority of african who worked with the united states were left in afghanistan, all of those questions. so they said, look, we're doing an after action report. we always learn lessons from it. we're going to answer that later. but you could see with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark, milly, he seemed as if this was very much painful for him. he talked about the number of troops, the died and afghans in, in iraq, in his, under his command. and the message from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, was very much look, we know this is hard, but you should be proud of your service. the general said look, part of the reason. one of the reasons that you can be proud is look at all the africans who are able to go abroad and start a new life. that in fact,

was what you did this for because there are a lot of questions being asked me nighted states, especially in the united states media about what was the point of 20 years of war. so many dead, so many wounded civilians, military, so much money spend of only to have them leave the country exactly as it was when the war started. so the taliban was in charge again, but this time they were better equipped with american weapons. so lots of questions to be asked and answered. that didn't happen here today. they wanted to send a message to soldiers who are hurting and ask you to what was it, what was it all for? the polls may show a clear picture, but when it comes to the political division over there, especially between republicans and democrats. is there anything that those officials said today that can deflect from some of that political control, overseer, and knife wielding what's going on in the corridors of power right now? no, but i think you saw them actually trying what they're saying is look what we did.

we did something that was a store, i couldn't use it, never done this before. we got 124000 people out in a hostile environment and they're saying this is a success. but the question being asked, how could you leave americans behind you said you would not do that. the questions are, why didn't you get your after l, e l as out faster? and now the president has answered president joe biden is that the president of afghanistan asked me not to do that. if there had been a rush to the airport, his government was collapsed and we would have been blamed for that. but still, there's going to be questions about the process. how did this happen? this is united states military. so what they're trying to say from the podium is look only the us military could do an operation like this. and they say that they were planning for the contingencies, but i think there are questions about that. for example, you'll remember that they had to stop the evacuations for about 6 hours during one of those days because they didn't have any more places to put the people that were flying out. they simply got to fall in cutter. so if there was a plan, then why didn't they have places already lined up faces across the world that could

have taken all of these refugees. so they're trying to highlight this as a success. that's good and you do nothing to stop the question of what people saw play out before they're very eyes on their own television and that was pappy call. hi. and then from the pentagon, the un is warning. i've got a sam could run out of food within a month. it's one of many challenges facing baton on which is yet to form a new government as it tries to restore stability. after decades of war, western powers, looking to cut off for diplomatic health, play the role in the recent evacuation effort using its influence to allow the safe passage of people out of the country. that's also asked a 3rd to employ is influencing context to be the help all parties of done is to reach an inclusive political agreement that ensures stability and future prosperity of all people. and i've gone on, 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 by kindly to, to agree to the relocation of the netherlands embassy from couple to doha, ga. gov kind of stand new late is to uphold the rights of women and girls is calling for afghan women to play an active role in rebuilding the country. woman was an extensive parts of the negotiation that took place in doors 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 tell a bunch should not back down on what they have promised on the ground. the tale bon

is taken charge in the middle of an economic crisis, and the un secretary general antonia good tallish, is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. with about a 3rd of afghans facing a hunger crisis from out of show out, endow her, says western governments realize the need for some level of discussion with the tommy bomb. the message that com is that there needs to be engagement 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 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 on all 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 got to stand 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 country for a minute to shift from you know, the amount of money. listen to this somebody that doing heavy for study. we have heard the taliban 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. audubon. 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 movement, 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 carter . i've been arriving in afghanistan, they're expected to help bring car blair pulled back online after it was damaged. during the recent evacuations, the airport runway is still operational, but the terminal and traffic control tower need repairs and powers of pushing for the airport to be operational to allow people to leave and to help maintain a deliveries. the need for aid is readily apparent on the streets that can scramble to get the basics. many as rob mcbride reports can't even access the bank accounts . the trying to get a grip on an economy that is faltering get best outside one of cobbles, main banks. the taliban allow in just 10 customers at

a time as hundreds more weight that turn not very patiently. put a bit of command to 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 this idea. it's how many customers government employees who say they haven't been paid for months. and course by the speed of the former governments collapse. everyone is running out of cash. but for like a memo, because men should have 100 over everything in good order. instead of running away like a did. i have money in a bank like $4.00 or $4000.00, but, but i can't cash my money from buying people's access to banks. cash remains the real problem. the banks of law to the 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 i found this done is going to pay its way. i've got the government, the country central bank reserves have been frozen by the us, while world bank in diameter funding has stopped. just surviving is the immediate concern for many businesses. it takes like 6 months, the husein family completed the expensive opening of a 2nd coffee shop branch 2 weeks before the taliban takeover. i very contact with the people who are have restaurants, who have from individual businesses. so they're all down. further down the street, taylor made raheem, he doesn't know when things will improve. my name is also on call model because the banks are lost in peoples. mine is stuck in the banks. there is no business. if the banks are open, then people come own his rac hanging, increasing number of uncollected jackets and 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 their country behind in search of something better than others. robert bride al jazeera couple. santa ana here is rather have been debate, has been given rare access to the east in afghan city of july, the boss. he spoke to people there about life on the tale. bon people who did all of us have been telling us that life has been normal from the very onset takeover because it was a peaceful one. when the governor handed over power through, i saw the bond governor that's on have remove 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 the bank is 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 is 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 would spend 9 years in the notorious background prison. and he was telling 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 resolution or revenge because the 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 us, all of us would at least not be marred. and the kind of corruption that they've

been seeing in the last 20 years. the un resident and humanitarian coordinator, enough kind of stand says there are huge concerns of how people will be paid about children going hungry. condition that i've gotten from human data and perspective continues to be stimulated as i speak to you today from couple more than half of the children they didn't have him in tonight or not. and that's the reality of the situation that face makes concern about the future of the social sector, as there will be all these limitations in the ability to see saturdays of the teachers and education workers and those social sector workers be paid because most of the budget we choose to pay the salaries as extra k from before and $8.00 and right now we don't have budgeted provisions to cover those. those support?

solomon, ben shaw serv. because afghanistan, the deputy minister of industry and commerce before cobble fell, he explains more about the economic challenges, afghans, the facing. the concerns are quite high. you know, i mean, everybody is on the street. the trader economists, student teachers, you name it. everybody is what it is they acknowledge situation for the most part of it because except for the airport risk part of the city. and the problem is it's a really a call and stable few day. however, the non is not there, and there is no commercial diplomacy, economic happen it can is getting worse. and worse, people are expected to take out just a few 100 dollars, 200 dollars a week or $220000.00 apps from the bank on a weekly basis. and this is that the central bank has no cash. the banks are very

reluctant to re open and start delivering their services. and the all concerns regarding activity in the near future is growing among the private sector. the bigger problem there is that pre just cannot cons for money to dear partners outside the country for bullets or materials and import that they want to bring to have done in this. in retrospect, create a huge problem. it both in the medium and long term creating more challenges on food security and access to daily commodity. the way the u. s. ended the war is reignite the conversations among european leaders about becoming less reliance on america, meeting in slovenia to discuss the crisis, looking at an e u rapid reaction force. we do not need. no such jo political event to grasp that you must twice for greater decision making to

autonomy and greater capacity for action throughout do you have been union city is this to protect interest to defend into values and there was based to national order to promote and of course we each know to teach development in the world. we do not need 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 now, natasha bonsa has more from paris. the head 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 they can no longer necessarily rely on the united states that you heard that show. michelle saying that the you must become more with the more independence 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 marks. macowski is a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council and is a former europe nato chief of staff. he joins us from columbus in ohio. good to

have you with us. so 1st of all, how do you read this meeting that is going on in blood in slovenia? do you think your opinions of finally going to make a much bigger and sizable, common european army or force at least, you know, i think the meeting obviously is triggered by a crisis with crisis comes opportunity. and i do think the europeans feel that the afghanistan withdrawal both the haste in which it was conducted in the lack of transparency that the u. s. provided it in terms of decision essentially hoisting the decision on the europeans, sparks a reflection point for the europe. and i think they're clearly understand there's been a lack of days. it will effort to accelerate european defense planning for a standing european army standing capabilities. ready in joint development on research. so i do think that this app, ganna stand moment is an opportunity for the europeans to accelerate their own planning. now again, i think this is something that has been in the works for several years,

and it is something that will take decades to finalize. but i think you're going to see more serious discussion coming out of about some concrete measures, potentially a temporary european reaction force numbering, about 5000 that could potentially be set up in a matter of, of years even sooner. so i think you're going to see more concrete plans, but again, the europeans have often promised much and delivered a little in terms of their own ability to unite around a european defense force or whatever they do or do not deliver is the sign of the us european alliance weakening. no, i don't necessarily think so. i think that clearly there nato is going to continue to be the cornerstone of transatlantic security. europeans are not calling for duction of commitments to nato as part of their own interest and focusing on european defense planning. but i do think that there is a need for europeans in the us to work together to support standing european

defense force. and i think it's in the u. s. interest that gets more united around capabilities that exist independent of nato. i think there's a way of doing mutually, but i do think there's definite and mistrust as a result of the afghanistan withdrawal. and there's going to be challenges in maintaining and managing this through nato and through other bilateral mechanisms. but i don't necessarily think this is the afghanistan decision or european defense planning somehow should be seen as fundamentally weakening the alliance with the united states. that's going to continue irrespective european, you know, that they cannot rely on the united states anymore for their own secure, right? so that mr. ross to spoken about what does it mean for the global balance of power, especially when it comes to other powers, china, russia and so on. you know, europeans are conducting a strategic compass initiative, which was actually plan way back a year ago as

a result of frankly, some of the dynamics that occurred during the trump administration. and that initiative is going to look at a whole range of threats. there's both threats from global actors, like china and russia, regional threats like iran. and i think the what the europeans are saying is that they need more capabilities and more capacity to deal on their own. with those threats. they cannot simply rely in the united states anymore. and what happened with that ghana stand with all the forces being evacuated mostly on us planes. again, reinforced the europeans that they weren't able to protect their interest independently of the united states. to move forward in a very dangerous world that has both regional and global threats from non state and state actors. europe needs to be able to have the capacity to defend itself and pursue its interest on its own. and i think the dentist in piece is just the further indication that they need to get their act together. ok, thank you so much for your thoughts. john. britain's top diplomat says the u. k played out the scenario where cobble fell to

the thought bon suddenly and never thought it would actually happen. foreign secretary dominic rob has been questioned by a parliamentary committee. he's been severely criticized for his handling of the crisis. is nadine baba with a 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 dominic 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 slightly central proposition was that 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 assessment. and of course, with all the usual can, 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 about view amongst nato allies. well dominic, rob said that was contingency planning for a more rapid escalation of events in afghanistan before april of this year. he also said that he had been in touch with counterparts in the region, even though he hadn't gotten that himself. and he refused to go into details of why he and prime minister for his johnson were on holiday. around the time that it was

clear that the telephone 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 reset. 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 white figure, including people at risk such as human rights activists, could number in the thousands still had an al jazeera with the help. please. ah, devastating scenes in the us, st. louisiana 48 hours off the hurricane. either it's prisons, full of drunk come big time and take steps to relax. decades of online policy

sport, we hear from christiana, though, for the 1st time since the coming up to see and i have a hello. once again. more sunshine across the middle east, as per usual, but a little lower, the why of cloud and some rain across northern parts of the region. so we'll see some wet weather. they're just coming into the northern parts of turkey, just around the black sea, the caspian sea, around the corner. it could see some flash flooding into a ga, maybe it armenia and as a by john, as we go on through the next day or so, skid, scattering a shower here, but elsewhere, as we said, we have got large, dry weather, sha system showers around the southern end of the red sea, just around the western side of yemen, pushing across into it. round the open holland. and you can see the usual easterly

waves driving those showers across central parts of africa towards the gulf of guinea, south of that scattering showers there into where tanza near march of southern africa does look fine and dry as we go through the next day or so. some wet weather disgusting with the southern cape as we go on through friday. coming on in to a fast day. this wet weather will push across the western cape using over towards c a. so a chance to some cloud and rain for you here at this stage, port elizabeth, around 18 degrees celsius, could see some wet weather to into madagascar up to here on the eastern side of the country. but for most it stays fine, dry, sunny, and warm. the they wanted 43000000 pounds worth of weaponry. that was 6000000000 pounds in commission. there was no hope of any more because there's always

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