with a west african block threatening sanctions if the elected government isn't reinstated after 11 years in power in sporting numerous cou attempts, alpha con, they appears meek and humiliated. no longer in power in a country chaos. faced with uncertainty, nicholas hawk algae 0 and the 6 palestinian prisoners have escaped from a high security israeli prison. they dug a tunnel under the ghetto, a prison just north of the occupied west bank escapes like this rare. and one of those who managed to get out is that korea is beatty, is a former field commander with the fat movement of schedule correspond harry forces who live 1st in west jerusalem. hurry took us through exactly what happened. well this is an enormously significant jailbreak, a security lapse, the like of which, according to one unnamed official who spoke to really media hasn't been seen in

recent memory. what we know is that the sex man was present at a 4 o'clock am head count by prison offices. that was when something was obviously amiss, as far as the ready security service with concerned. and they discovered the opening of this tunnel, apparently down into the drainage system under the prison from the cell. and that they had been digging this tunnel apparently for some months and overnight was the night that they decided to coordinate the escape. and according some of these reports, there was coordination, suspicion of a smuggle cell phone of an escaped call, waiting for them. so an intelligence lapse, as well as the security lapse. the 6 men, as you say, 5 of them from palestinian islamic jihad, the other, the alex martyrs brigade feel come on. the soccer is a baby who himself has an extremely interesting back story. originally wanted by

israel for an attack on a lou could political branch headquarters that killed 6 israelis. he was given clemency in 2007 been suspected by the p. a of b and collaboration with the israeli. spent time in p, a detention before being released and then once again taken into israeli custody. so these are very high level targets. it's a major security and political headache for the israeli forces. already checkpoints have been instituted, fears that they might, may try to escape to jordan, that could be real friction on the streets in the occupied westbank is this very major operation to find these men get uncall swing money, thanks by hurry force at their 1st live in west jerusalem and just to remind you of our main headline, the taliban have claimed they have complete control of the province of pan share inside story. coming up next me ah.

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program i missed the a tang. now reopening cobbles, international airport is critical for the taliban. if it's to stand a chance of rebuilding afghanistan. the country is landlocked, damaged by decades of war, and its mountain ranges are difficult to cross. so the free and secure movement of people in goods is highly risky, even the normal times. now this fragile security situation poses a big challenge to making the airport fully operational again after that, the need for skilled manpower and new equipment. the airport is the gateway for international h, reach millions of displaced people and the lifeline to reviving the economy. but with the fast domestic light taking off less than a week since the americans left the facility in shambles. there is now some hope. victoria getting b has this exclusive out of their report. african food and airplane cobble international airport bound for the northern city of missouri. sharif technical team have been working for days to repair the badly damaged runway and radar system

. and on saturday, the efforts paid off. this is the 1st domestic flight from cobble since it fell to taliban forces last month. and apple staff say they're looking forward to more in the coming days. tires were very happy because the internal flats have started and now we're taking our wages and everything is going according to plan. the reopening should soon allow afghan a stand to reconnect with the outside world and vital a to getting that the taliban says more. what needs to be done before the apple is fully operational. again, come on and as you know, the it was destroyed by the americans. they burned down every possibility. therefore we need a time to repair it. we predict that within a few days, international flights will be in progress. ation. experts say international airlines are unlikely to resume flights to cobble until airport security is guaranteed. it's going to take a lot of convincing and reassurance to have

a foreign airline fly, not just over afghanistan, because over flight is off limits now or 2. but to afghanistan, we're talking about across that are insured by 3rd party companies and leasing companies that will say, no airline. you are not able to take that cross there because we can't guarantee that it will get out in the state that we required. and so on. thousands of people still want to leave cobble, and the taliban leaders have promised they will be allowed. some will see the gradual reopening of the airport as a sign that keeping their word, victoria gates and b for inside story. let's talk a bit more about some of the security threats that may hamper couple airport getting back on track. i saw k is currently the taliban main enemy on the ground, that the group carried out a suicide attack that killed at least 170 people near the facility. during those last days of the american withdrawal. they also fired rockets towards the airport as the taliban was then taking charge. the risk of miss all attacks from ice, okay,

is very real. and then there are also the rebels and pan shit. valley who are resisting afghanistan's new rulers heavily armed and also able to disrupt flight operations. ah, well, let's now bring in august from florida. we have keith mackey. he's president of mackey international. that's an a v a she consultancy firm in berlin hancock. option le, senior director of the county extremism project, and a former coordinator of the iso al qaeda and taliban monitoring team at the un security council. and from my re be in kenya, we have eileen mccarthy. she's advocacy manager for the norwegian refugee council. in afghanistan, she was recently evacuated. thank you all for joining us. now as we've been saying, the airport has reopened to domestic lights, but there are a huge challenges to getting international flights up and running. i believe the airport is actually still operating without any kind of raise our navigation system

. what's your assessment of the space of the airport at the moment and as a pilot yourself, would you feel comfortable going down that runway? well, apparently they are operating without radar. which is indicated by the slide show no aircraft own line, but something that all that's not a safe operating belief if the weather is marginal. so that's going to have to be corrected before the airport becomes viable for international flights. there are many, many factors that need to be addressed before the suffering form that resume. so international once in accordance with i fail safety standards. but we'll dig into some of those in a moment. there are obviously also huge security concerns around the airport not to mention ongoing fighting. that's not very far away. but i want to stop by asking you if you feel that this reopening now is, was premature. has there been enough time to evaluate the threats that exist and

when now i know i need talk about domestic slides, but obviously there are still threats. while the reopening form, the national light, it's really important, as i'm sure my colleagues from the refuge account will point out because this is one of the primary in and out of the country for some very important emergency. and really the duration in the country from stable obviously you still have i c k operating as you, i've seen very tragically with the attack in the 2nd attempt to fax before the americans left. but you also have quite a few kind of kids in the country which are unfortunately still under a close relationship with a ton of which is obviously a very bad security concern for by anyone going in and out of this country. kind of having cognitive multiple times in a famous 911 by using commercial aircraft on it. that's really the a point of trucks for the taliban. indeed,

while the priority obviously in the rush has really been understand to be, to try to get aid flights up and running. i mean, can you discuss the significance of those, especially at, at a moment like this and such transition? yeah, so we have seen afghanistan at the brink of a massive humanitarian crisis. i'm sure you and many other saw the the heartbreak scenes of asper afghans, desperate to get out. and we, at the norwegian refugee council are focused on the nearly 440000000 ask them to remain in the country about half of whom are in need of humanitarian assistance. so the airport in cobble is really critical to getting humanitarian personnel and aid supplies in the country. we've seen a bit of progress in other parts of the country, but given that so many of our operations are based out of cobble and that's where so many supplies and aid support was coming through the country. it's really critical to be able to, to have that going up and ready as soon as possible. of course, really critical to get not only goods, but people moving very safely around the country. i want to take

a look at the geography of the airport because that in itself is quite interesting . now, surrounded by the hindu kush mountains, couples international airport has been the main gateway truck kinda stones in from 1900 sixty's. it's located on the outskirts, just north of the capitol, that's home to more than 4000000 people. and taliban is obviously trying to establish security. the apple, though is at a high altitude and is greatly expanded during the past 2 decades. it's now capable of housing more than a 100 aircraft. just a 150 kilometers north, though is the pen. she valley rebel fighters. they have the ability to launch attacks towards the airport and potentially even threaten the space in the region on the club. as we've been saying, fighting that not very far away, it's all. busy and also you were saying earlier they were rockets actually launched at the airport in the last days of the american withdraw. what you were reading of the situation, especially because i understand that those rockets when they were launched were defended by a u. s. defense system,

which is no longer there. what you're reading of the infrastructure now the report itself. well, i mean the approach and departure from problem was always, it may just security problem. the mountains reach very close. so you, you have to do a very drastic drop. and therefore exposed viagra to potential ground to f. i s that is definitely secured. i'm not 100 percent sure. where that the people in the palm chalet who asked me for nation, how would be the 1st to fire at international acura, potentially carrying a but obviously you still have i c. k was absolutely no about shooting down, you know, national aircraft or killing any civilians. and then you have all of post affiliate, and there is quite a number of them getting the country also not having any reservations about targeting international aircraft. indeed, well, in order to even run operations at the airport,

you will need to be able to secure the facility in order to do that, you need the capacity, the training to do that. not to mention being able to screen passengers and make sure that people are a safe fit to travel. now i see both kept on tacky. i've been involved in the talks to do that, and kathy is on the ground right there at the moment. keith enter, that's a very, very big ask. are you confident? are you confident that the taliban can actually handle your talking about international flights? factors are going well just being able to actually manage the capacity of, of handling the airport facility itself. well, while the airport has the marking, they probably can use it all based on the remote locations. so it depends on how they wish to do us. they're going to have to have a security program that supports flipped international standards. otherwise, we'll have to order

a thorough wipe out of the bowl. you could go anywhere in the world. so if the security is going to be a very serious issue before the yeah, aircraft site for offering and normal international environment well keeps us in terms of the operations, the like actually running the airport things like the radar when that's actually reinstalled at traffic control. what would be your priorities here in terms of training, the people who need to run the airport? well, the controllers in the south are going to be the most important to get off of life 1st. the most probably already there unless it was removed in the the through all will lead people. ready less know how to use the properly if they're not there, they'll have to be trained probably ex patriots. ready will run the show for at least maybe if they're installed, more people, local people, blah blah blah. but all this is going to be very important interface for the radar

system to be able to properly separate monitor over flying aircraft the instrument approaches. and so the. ready airport will have to be monitored because the airport is of a high elevation of mountain this area. they're not easy when the weather isn't going to be absolutely necessary for the airport to the operation of all case, you were mentioning that a 100 planes that can be accommodated at the airport. i mean, that doesn't sound particularly large, especially when you're taking into account aid flights, as well as potentially military flights and the commercial flights. the need to review aileen, we know the needs enough canister on a huge does the f. what have the capacity to meet them? i think that's a good question. i'm not an asian expert, but definitely the need across the country are massive and i think cobbled the airport there is indicative of also the situation in airports across the country. we need to be able to move things not only into afghanistan,

but around the country that includes humanitarian assistance and supplies. it also includes our staff to be able to go support our come our comrades who are working across the country. we operate in about half of afghanistan provinces, and previously we have been able to move on commercial flights as well as un, facilitated flights and being able to get that up and running in order to be able to get those supplies where they need to be to where men, women, boys and girls are in need and to where our colleagues are working really hard to get our programs back up and running. we'll be critical so that we can actually scale up the humanitarian response that's needed right now. we're seeing the winter months coming and are keenly aware that the humanitarian needs will continue to rise over the coming months where access is extremely challenging. and the situation on the ground for people is changing on a day to day basis. they might be moving home after having been displaced. they might be displaced once again by the ongoing drought. so our ability to be able to

operate across the country and make sure that supplies are consistently coming in and that prices aren't rising for things like food or other monitoring supplies that are really critical to people right now. of course, well as eileen was saying that it's not just about the airport itself. it's obviously also about the flight routes, getting people and goods in and out of the airport on the actual by c annual counterterrorism work. you've also built partnerships with the international civil aviation organization and i am the international transport association now given the ice ok threat that you've been talking about as well as the various other groups and the ongoing fighting that one thing do you think they are actually safe routes in and out of cobble for planes. well, and that is a question of what kind of definition you put on for say, if you're talking about i q rolled at the moment. no. because we have an unclear relationship on our that's all about are going to handle the threat from isis k. are they going to handle the threat from fighting between the factions as well as

their relationship with god? so there are numerous security concerns at the moment. last or quite a few technical concerns, they need to be able to receive and transmit a p i n p, and about averages. passenger information that is used verizon and they would need to check against those before letting anybody enter their country. that too is by no means guaranteed. and very recently this was done by the olive group, a security contractor from great britain. i'm not quite sure if they're willing to renew their contract with a ton of money. but i doubt, i saw plenty of uncertainty then now i was looking at a, a map of traffic today in the region like literally today in the space over afghanistan is very noticeably empty. keith, presumably as we've been talking about here in terms of say, flight routes. there are financial implications for carriers if that one thing to use f canister on the space. so if they're choosing to fly around the country

rather than over it. and presumably also as we had an hour, put the insurance costs for airlines who wanted to fly in and out of cobble. is it realistic to think that that's not going to be prohibitive for many carriers? well yes, it is a difficult situation. each country is. ready entitled to charge airlines for over flight and they like moved specifically from europe to the far east are be funded on weather conditions to find the most optimum. wow. many elisa. ready forth worth so are off the country if they're not permitted to be used by the various agencies. ready when the u. s. a has found all over flights and in an al opperation for us. and so things are settled down the line. what is your

lack of crossing the grade on what this was for us to be selective to sign goes on when they can be assured why sam over fly safely, that fear of being shot selma, other interference from alabama other folks in the area and we still obviously don't know when those assurances can come. i mean, all of this is making us canister on look more and more isolated. so much of all of this is about perception and confidence building in the airport really feels like, like a very big symbol of that. eileen, how critical is it in terms of not only ensuring aiden in practical terms in terms of getting aid moving around the country, but also in terms of ensuring actual funding, both from countries and international organizations and new and bodies to actually get humanitarian aid into the country, how important is the airport itself, just as a symbol here of where the country's going definitely, i think what we've seen over the past few weeks is that the cobble airport is the

perspective that so many around the world have of the situation in afghanistan. and especially the situation in cobble, i know, especially in recent days, if we've seen the situation somewhat calm down, even the anxiety and stress of our staff who are based in color has been slightly calmer. but i think as you pointed to the willingness and understanding of the world and its commitment to responding to the monitoring crisis and also in our ability to be able to deliver that 8, i think will be really critical. so while we're calling for donors to fast track humanitarian support and make sure that we are able to get supplies into the country, i think having a stable and functioning international airport in cobble will help to ally some of those fears and concerns that they have in our ability to actually meet those needs and it will obviously enable us to do so that much better and not much quicker, which is really critical in, in the next few weeks. and, of course, well, there's obviously a huge learning curve ahead. and the airport is really just one aspect of that 100

by wants to talk about the stability of the country. there have been lots of promises made around inclusive government coherent governance. there are obviously divisions within the taliban and multiple groups involved, as you alluded to. if the taliban will live up to its promises, do you think the are you confident that this will happen and the situation will stabilize? well, i mean, so far we haven't seen much in into city from the top to bottom apart from saying that they won't d, i'm so obviously the jerry is still out, but i'm getting you recently doubtful that they will be an inclusive govern government. now of course, several layers of sanctioned sanctions relating to afghanistan in baton. a bond in the united nations security council. one specific regime wants to try to bond and then the archive regime, which applies to the tata band because of their relationship with al qaeda. and

then of course, the government has broadly sanctioned the itala bomb quite a number of years ago, including the taliban as the movement on of this makes it very hard to engage. i have heard of course, and everyone else has some overtures towards russia and china from the top to bottom spokesperson telling them that china is now the most important. i'm sure pakistan was quite amazed. hearing this given the history of the bandwidth pakistan . but even russia seems to have not really complete confidence in its potential new partners because they conducting one after the other military exercise in central asia at the northern board of i've gone on. so they had to, i guess there's still some question mark that need to be answered, of course. and this is a huge learning curve, especially in terms of infrastructure as well. not just in terms of the politics of governance, but also in terms of actually running a country running a capital running this airport. keith, i'm curious, how soon do you think we could see the airport fully operational,

especially with the level of cooperation when are seeing from various other countries in terms of, of training for instance. well, i think it's while we're 40 fully operational or international flights. anytime in the near future, which is some of the things that have to be done for the passenger security. ready screen all the other follower functions. i think it's not the while before it's back to normal. eileen, i want to leave the last on say here to you because i know than or even those who even refugee council is working very hard on, on trying to get a android and stuff back into the country you self were evacuated. as you alluded to earlier, you mentioned there is a drought, is obviously a pandemic. huge concerns about food and security at the moment. what at the most immediate needs for the african people now as we faced this very unstable situation . yeah, i think there are the number of needs that atkins require in the coming weeks in

month. one of them is and short safety and protection by whomever is in charge and ensured that there is the protection of civilians and a willingness to uphold international humanitarian law. and human rights rights law across the country. what we also need to see is this delivery of urgent humanitarian assistance and funding and the ability to operate across the country. we have operated in government and non government controlled areas for years and negotiating humanitarian access for men and women boys and girls in no matter where they are will be critical. so we need to be able to deliver as humanitarian partners who have committed to staying in the country and delivering this necessary humanitarian assistance. and we really need the international community and the local authorities to be able to facilitate and enable that. as i mentioned that there is a drought ongoing. a 3rd of atkins are food insecure and with the winter coming

don't need safe shelter and blankets, access to humanitarian assistance, children need to get back to school. so we're really conscious that we don't have months to wait and really need to be hitting the ground. now i feel your noting that so i'll let you come in there just on that one in terms of stability and the way that the countries moving forward. i know you've expressed your doubts about where the country is right now. do you think that the immediate humanitarian needs that eileen cyst outline that will actually be met? presumably there is the international political well to do that. is there actually the practical situation on the ground to allow that to happen? while at the moment is still a great challenge and obviously your military aid is never part of any faxes, not by the un, not by the us, not 5 european union from the operational aspect. getting financial transfers, getting material in and out of the country. always a challenge at the moment, we just saw 2 weeks of 0 liquidity flow in and out of the country. it's getting

a little bit better now, but we are nowhere near that. we could say that this space economy is supplied with liquidity. it needs to just barely survive. so this will remain a challenge. what i know is that it's good. well, both in the security council on the american side, on the side and many other members, they to make this easier. but the taliban having taken power and not broken with one of the global leading terrorist organizations in the world will make it very hard for decision makers in any capital to decide beyond the bare minimum of what, maybe pos. we'll see how it all plays out in the coming days and weeks and months. thank you to all of our guests, keith mackey, hand jack, ocean le and eileen mccarthy. and thank you to for watching. remember, you can see this program again anytime by visiting our website that's al jazeera dot com. and for further discussion, do go to my facebook page about the facebook dot com forward slash ha inside story

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