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city of condos close to the border with tajikistan no has claimed responsibility. however, the taliban does face a growing threat posed by i saw in afghanistan. are the group claimed responsibility for a mosque attack in cobble 5 days ago that one killed 13 people. my goodness, i was busy doing construction work at home. as soon as the praying started, we heard the explosion. i went to look for my relatives at the mosque and all i saw were bodies on the floor, our vision for them. so we're covering the story with 2 correspondence. this. our stephanie deck is in cobble will be with her shortly starting that with hash marlborough in missouri is sharif, which is close to windows, where the explosion happened and hash and tell us more about what happened and, and who was targeted. welcome are the targets was she? ah, community in condos, particularly in the had a bad bosky was 13 and a half low cal time in condos. when,

according to local saucers and local media, a suicide bomber managed to get into the mas detonated himself. and what happens moment later was scenes of panic pandemonium and a horrifying seas of people looking for their loved ones. a human remains scattered across are the most, those who were taken to the hospital in critical condition or this why people are saying that the expecting the death toll to further climb in the upcoming hours. now the taliban have managed to sent a special units into the area is saying that the are investigating the, the glass. but this is quite a critical moment for all the parties now in afghanistan. no claim of responsibility as we said, hash and but the finger points almost immediately, immediately towards, ah, well, they call it, i saw k or iceland,

afghanistan. indeed 4 different threes as the caea hazard. i were targeted in the past by the ice in afghanistan, none but to have seen a string of attacks aware the eyes k, which is an affiliate away cell. a has claimed responsibility over the last few weeks in july, bad in cardboard, and dirt. this explains why the taliban have in the light in the past few days lost a major crack down. and they said that the a rust said many ice sil operatives in cardboard. and also injured out about but this is something which is going definitely to put more pressure on the taliban because people now will be angry. the taliban with the came to power in august, the pride themselves on providing safe environment for the afghan people, not this is not the case anymore because you're seeing the pattern of those attacks . if this one is by the i said in afghanistan, it could be a clear indication that they are sending

a message to the international community. but they are far from the defeated to the taliban, that they are willing and determined to further expand them for a footprint across of lattice and. and we are likely to see a major confrontation in the future between i said enough light is that and the taliban because ultimately the international community is monitoring the situation and everybody made it clear to the taliban unless the prevent ice gave from building a base. here enough gun is than do the taliban will continue to be isolated by the international community. hi, shamal. barras in missouri shrimps for us this friday. thank you. let's go big picture now with stephanie decker reporting from the capital cobble. and i guess there was a reality sitting announced over me nearly 2 months since the taliban took over that it was easy enough to do that and to take over and to install people into positions of power. but there's so much that it still can't control. well, that's the irony, isn't it?

you're talking about the thought a bond that was an insurgency group until just around 2 months ago, carrying out exactly the kinds of attacks that it is now having to deal with itself . so, you know, as you heard, hash them say there are security issues that had been down, playing somewhat the, the size of the threat. but yes, of course they have been launching raids in the last week here, particularly in kabul, following the attack on them all square. you know, really a significant gathering of senior leaders of the taliban were gathered and a suicide bomber. that one claim by ice will k managed to get to the main gate and detonate himself killing. as you mentioned earlier, at least 30 people that it was very tense at the time the taliban didn't want journalists to fill, pushing them back, and only very much later when the scene was cleared up, i did. they allow us to feel the very short period of time. so i think that there is a challenge here. there are sleeper cells in cobble. this is confirmed and as you've now seen, ah, okay, already attacks in the eastern part of afghanistan. and now for the 1st time it

seems a major attack in the northern parts. this is a major security threat. as you said, you know, ashton was saying that this is the main car that the taliban has been playing. they've been saying we are the only ones that can really provide security when it comes to afghanistan. now having a cobble when it comes to cobble, when it comes to crime, everyone will tell you regardless of what they think of the taliban, that is last but. but it is a concern, and again, the international community, as ash i'm said, is very concerned about a group like ices, like isis k now, which seems to be a game. we don't have a claim yet in condos, but it seems to be expanding its operations against the taliban and potentially civilians. he deka is in cobble for us on the news. al, thank you very pleased to have selling java with us now. human rights and minorities activists from the has our community and afghanistan himself is on scott from gulf berg, sweden to day. thank you for your time. is this not what happened? the last time the taliban took over afghanistan, the has ara were targeted. ah,

and have become victims of the of of, of, of taliban rule. yes, this is exactly what did they, what had happened and the history is repeating itself for the hazardous of counties done. it seems that there are a lot of people who are willing to kill has are as the taliban themselves. they have been taking, they have been committing massacres off the has r as in malice, dawn and just recently in thy condie and, and, and now these attacks which we owe, which were feared very much fear. because a, despite the fact that taliban came out and said that they, that, that war has ended and the peace has arrived. but it shows it quite the opposite. unfortunately. and is this indicative of other minority groups as well in afghanistan? when of course, all the minority groups are being subjected to other, to a lot of atrocities. the, the, the, the, the, the sick community, the hendo coming to you and, and, and in that one, the only jew at which was living in afghanistan has already left afghanistan. and

in, when it comes to, particularly to the, to the hazard at the top, it bought a house from the, from, from the there in, from the 1st, despite their char mouth and see if they have been eh, killing. and now a lot of reports are coming out, of course are coming out of the at night when the parents were this time on our forcefully displacing the it, the indigenous has out a willy jurors at the farmers and, and, and the people who have been living the for centuries and nowadays they are there for sophia, off their house is their properties are confiscated, their lands are distributed to talk about fighters in the local allies. so this, the, the, the in the taliban, it has a id that the responsibility of all it lies with decided on because it was decided upon who released all these or iced tea, a tourist. and on the terrace from a, from the prisons i crossed afghans, thought, saudi, they just know when it will, whenever they took it, that the, the, the, the air controller presents they let everybody go. so now they can cannot simply come and blame the isis k or any other terrace could have because the ultimately, the responsibility lies with it's tied upon. and particularly when we,

if we talk about the, the incident and tricia considered in condos, it was like that they did guards of the mosques were told that they should give up their weapon and, and they were promised of protection. and then the town did not protect it because the suicide bomber conceited to come into the mosque and is, and, and even to the 2nd row off the prayer line. so it shows that the, that the taliban are either not willing to a project has our us r r. m a, a accept, i'm going along the, the a this with that the has are to should be killed and, and of for the subject. subjugation more more widely when it comes to security in afghan, a son which was always a problem. when the taliban wasn't in power, do you think the town about maybe thought this was going to be easy? well, we'll take control now. will tell everyone that things are ok and actually it's turning out to be a far more complicated thing than even they expected. yeah, of course thought about taught themselves, but the but the reality is that the thought about have know a skills to

a tour and to provide security. they're not trained for providing security. dia, the, these are the same people who are believing up them now blowing up themselves yesterday like i'm in, but on before taking the over the government to how it could, they just become professional 2nd to provide as over night. so that is unfortunately not possible because at these people do not have that intention. they do not have the skills they and then the a lot of internal conflicts with that which are within the taliban. and then these other cherry schools who are going to compete with the taliban. it to a in violence because it has unfortunately, pruitt, ma'am and been proven in afghanistan that that more violent you are, the more power you get. and so it goes on, doesn't it something java? joining us today from adults and bricks we can thank you so much. i appreciate it. thank you. let stay with afghanistan and top taliban delegates have arrived here.

and so hard to hold talks with ca, 3 officials, the delegation, which includes the acting afghan foreign minister, i made a con with hockey, is to meet with representatives of other countries as well. the, you and human rights counsels agree to appoint a new special rapport. church of the country, they will be responsible for monitoring human rights. following this taliban take over, amnesty international has welcomed the decision saying an independent investigative mechanism will be critical. you organization has accused the town of human rights violations, including targeted killings of civilians and a blocking of humanitarian aid. we are 12 minutes past this news hour. here's what's coming up. health care on life support will tell you why the emergency department at lebanon's biggest hospital is almost empty superheroes and super villains brandon together, one of the largest pop culture conventions in the united states and sport. central african republic produce a huge upset in world cup, qualifying barbara is here with that story.

ah, what about the news in the nobel peace prize has been awarded to philippine journalists, maria, reza, and russian journalists. dmitri moods off for the fight to defend freedom of expression. they are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in the world, in which democracy and freedom of the press, taste increasingly adverse conditions. so that was that the announcement they haven't origin, nobel committee saying the pair as joint winners of that 2021 prize in all, sy, chairwoman. but it is anderson, commanding them for their fearless journalism. while earlier, we had the chance to speak directly to maria wrestler who told us how important it is to find ways to counter the spread of misinformation through social media. when

new show innovations lost our gatekeeping, ours to technology platforms, ah, the, those platforms advocated responsibility for the public sphere. and back has made facts debatable because the bigger facts and my eyes are actually treated equally. in fact, the algorithms of the world's largest distributor of news facebook actually a feverish lice laced with anger and 8 ac spread faster and further than facts. so went back. so debatable when you don't have tracks, then you can't have truth. and then you can't have trust that any of these things. you don't have a shared reality. you can't have democracy. you certainly can't have any meaningful human engage to deal with the existential problems. we face climate ah, the corona virus. so i think this is what the choice of the committee has shown that we must maintain facts, but the people in charge of maintaining the acts, the people tasks with that are facing,

far greater danger than we ever have before. we work on it on 3 fronts, the 1st this to expose to tell people to do the stories that show exactly how insidious manipulation happens, how social media has, has become a behavior modification system. the 2nd is to actually strengthen independent journalism. continue to demand. so in this case, legislation for the tack, and then i just was recently i accepted a co chair for the international fun for public interest media along with the former ceo of the new york times to actually try to help independent media survivors. and then the 3rd pillar is community that you talk about trust. well, you can't have trust if the platforms take it. if a virus wise enters the information ecosystem. so the way you do that is you begin

to create communities that build resilience and, and we're going to do that by making sure that it is fact based evidence based reasoning that can help take apart the problems we face since one half of the year recipients of the prize, the nova, and i for the other half to meet you. moderate of actually came just a day after russians observed the 15th anniversary of the killing of investigative journalist on a pallet with sky. like a sky was a fierce critic of putin and kremlin, was in chechnya also worked for in the via gazette of the paper which made it of edits. she was shot dead outside her apartment block in moscow. on the 7th of october of 2006 in russia has designated more than a 150 news outlets. n g o's, an charities as quote, foreign agents authority say the law is no different to rules in other countries aimed at organizations that get support from abroad. the critics say it's been used to silence independent media that refused to tow the cremeans line. bernard smith

reports now from moscow to the russian state, the staff of this newsroom, a foreign ages, but dodged or tv rain has no connection to foreign governments. it is one of the few independent media outlets left in russia. before every break and every program, a message must by law appear on screen telling the viewer that what they're watching is created by russian legal entity performing the functions of a foreign agent. it is designation that the stations management says is created to scare off subscribers and advertisers. you know that the history of russia, of terrible period of time with communism where foreign agent mark label was air in a, at a terrible thank a terrible thing. that meant that you can not have anything in common with the foreign agent. that's why, for some part of the society he in vash at that might be

a problem. t v rein says it subscription model helps it stay on air for now. there are more than 70 news outlets. journalist, an activist on the foreign agents register, alexander kosky, was part of a team of journalists who had worked, who rushes most respected business newspaper company when it was taken over by state. and as john ross left, the editorial team left and set up the times website to him. within 10 months, they've been branded foreign agee's my explanation because we were, we became a one year less than one year. quiet powerful. and with proof that we are serious. and we were independent of the state for normal functioning. there are only 3 a ways of feedback. this is a free media then on real elections. so normal political system and independent the data cost system, all $3.00 are destroyed in russia. archie, america rushes,

lawyers and foreign media agents was adopted in 2017 night long after the u. s. justice department told russia today, america to register as a foreign agent. there russia federation council says activists and media if claims are being sponsored from abroad, aren't being discriminated against, but the public as a right to know who they are. now more than $200.00 organizations have signed an online petition asking for the foreign agents law to be repealed. bernard smith, al jazeera moscow, very pleased to have puzzled contact with us now as a journalist, a staff writer at via gazette, a newspaper. joining us today from moscow, great to have you with a festival just really quickly. have you spoken to dmitri morris of today? well, yes, of course. thank you for having me. of course that i've spoken to him and he's really very good mood. and it's just amazing day, and we can't believe that, that happening with us. you know,

it's just incredible. but least they can say it is it's, it's, it's fantastic. i think old journalists looked at us today and thought this is a, a great thing. what difference do you think it can make for people like you many journalists in russia, do you think it will empower them in any way? i hope so. i hope i hope it will. i hope it does. because you know, that's a very tough times. time for us in russia and the like independent journalist and just come to the under a very like a huge pressure from the government side. and we are like maybe the only independent media in russia remaining you know, and still trying to, trying to why and of course the price for weight. and then to come. i mean, the most intense we've the for freshman, again,

the freedom of breast dependent media in our like a post soviet era. and i give like my hope and hope will meet 3 more of them. is that maybe maybe we we will be able to use the for war. please pretty please briefly just the work as a shield. you know, are there some sort of protection from the government? ah, which will i guess, which will not, which, which will not dare to, to, to, to punish us anymore. you know, and of course, which will never label after the for an agent. i think that's, that's, that's, that's a hope. you know, i'm not sure i, nobody can get any guarantee in it right now. have you reached points in your career? we've thought i just can't keep doing this where you've thought that the risk to either you or your family or to your colleagues or anything. it's just too great. obviously you don't want to give up. you don't want to bound down in the face,

the pressure, but you've got to look after yourself. you know, honest me. and that's a very great question because like i literally think about that every day. because almost every day i hear, i hear news about my colleagues, even up and even up on the profession and going now nowhere to be a probably corporation to government felician and to some other non journalistic, you know, fields and that's, that's, that's, that's a huge tragedy for all of us, and i mean, you know, i, as, as i said, there are only like a few media outlets. western russia, which can felix, aside from sort of, you know, freedom of speaking. and i want to believe that we can use the work of the as, you know, as, as a shield. yeah. forgot sake. we want to work. that's all we can do at all we want to do. i'm also interested to know. i thought you said, you know,

we want to work. i'm interested to know if people younger people, people just coming into journalism, interested in journalism, actually want to do the job. do you know other people wanting to come to that? or are they getting scared out of the industry? i don't know, because like, the russian society is deeply divided now. and most of young people, as they know that kind of diluted, you know, the see like the russian propaganda media as the only way to become a like a good job, a good job. and the see like crush it to be kind of a benchmark for our free press and they're putting all, all sorts of fake news and only make a few of them know that, that, that, that it's not true. and that's, that's, that's the, that's the kind of, you know,

up reality. like the reality of our, the right am i got no, like, i don't have like b hopes on that regard. but what i think that may be maybe like today i would like to see to be in today's news as the kind of find that may be we can, we can do better soon. that may be we, it's a challenge to, to prove ourselves that we can do better and we can survive. yeah. and, and that's, that's the society needs actually, definitely work with you. work with you probably thank you for your time and, and give our best to go to your colleague dmitri as well. thank you for having our part of the security forces. afraid at least a 187 people kidnapped by armed gangs in northern nigeria. the hostages included babies, men were rescued from a forest in some far

a state and held for weeks nigerian force has recently launched a major security operation against kidnappers, in the state that borders new share. more from it interest season kaduna. these operations have been going on and ahead of these operations are, there were measures a raft of measures announced by governments in the region announcing measures that will help security forces deal with the situation. these include the cutting of telephone networks in those areas. banning the cell of petrol in cans, in other containers. and also banning the use of motorcyclists in the region, which is of course ah, the preferred means of transportation by this band is because it's easy to maneuver in the forest and other bushes with motorcycles rather than heavy duty vehicles. they've also announced the shutting down of markets, transportation of animals which of course the bandits. i go and rustle and sell to make profit and buy more guns and continue the operations. and as the operations continue,

we hear the reports of these bandits after their camps have been destroyed by military, bombardments and ground forces the out. they are beginning to move to other states in the north, west and central class of nigeria. so it's still an operation going on in northwest nigeria and probably in north central parts of niger, early versions beyond the in parliamentary elections in iraq, security forces, prisoners and internally displaced. people accustomed to about 2 days ahead of the general vote election was one of the key demands of an antique government protest movement began back in 20. 19 mohammed abdulla had as more now from a polling station in back that pre election voting hasn't started for iraq's parliamentary election. and today's voting is dedicated for 7 categories. the automated forces, the interior ministry individuals, and also the tedious minutes the individuals and couldn't. and that wish morega forces, the anti terrorism forces,

the displaced people and prison inmates. that voting process involves 2 machines. the voters start with handing over their biometric cars. to get checked here, then they have, they have to hand over another hided identification card to be verified. now they have to give fingerprints and signature q after that they are given their voting sheet so that they can go behind that both though to the candidates, they want to vote for. after that, they get their finger dipped in the ink and they hand over to the sheet here to be scanned by this machine off of that their biometric cause gets confiscated. here, as the election commission says, to prevent vote rigging now over 1000000 and

a half security individual deductible for today's voting. and that's besides over 120000 displaced people. it's interesting because all these kids individuals were part of the crack down on the 2019 a boutique that demanded this election. now that they've taken part in the democratic process, so that voting stopped it at 7 a. m about dad local time and, and it would end at at 6 p. m. local at times, that is at the end of the voting day, the damage record will be automatically deactivated by 6 pm. today at local time, according to that addiction permission. and then that,

that is going to be followed by the one day extra sign is day. that is before the main general election day on sunday. in the news, a hit a depends, the prime minister laid down his priorities and promises to do better on the pandemic. in scores lighting into history of april 1st in this mail ah. as cycling shaheen crossed her mom, it was obviously dangerous, but when he crossed yes, it produced a huge amount of rain and on this coastal town here, there was quite significant damages, hasn't yet been cleared. obviously still water on the ground. and that's the view

as of only yesterday that the forecasts will take a few more showers in that area, but the worst is probably further west and mainly in the higher ground. still that all injected moisture format cyclic of many days ago. otherwise, it's a fairly dry picture throughout the raving balinsa. the sham miles picked up again, slightly dusty hot, strong when that last for a few days. and a hint more than that of incoming winter from central asia. up in tashkent at 14 degrees and do some by at 12 degrees as well. below average temperature rises. so light fall as far south as so swap volley in northern pakistan and may be obviously on the north mountains of afghanistan. otherwise, a dry picture, wind cross caspian, not as strong as it was, is take you had to sunday still the shamal blows. it's 41 degrees in q 8 and 14, doha. these are high temperatures and he's normal for this time of the year. that a moisture so from that cycle will reduce insignificant shallow think in well you