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exclusive interview with him. and it's been thirty years since the soviet army pulled out of afghanistan is history repeating itself as the united states moves to withdraw its troops. i'm british welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us we begin in india which is reeling from a militant attack that has fourteen news it is the deadliest attack on security forces in decades in the rest of state of in the mold the attack came on a police convoy as it was traveling on the highway between. regions an explosive laden car drove into the convoy. just short of the main city of. pakistan based. group. headed by this man. has claimed responsibility for

the attack pakistan has denied any link to the bombing however the indian government has been drawn the most favored nation status from pakistan which allowed it to trade on favorable terms with india prime minister narendra modi has promised a befitting reply to those behind the attack but you don't go i want to tell the terrorist outfits and their patrons. that they have committed a huge mistake on the body. and they will have to pay a heavy price for this body you muslims look on the party so what ship good indian response to the attack take the difficulties fund and then we should just fall through on list of people in jacob in delhi. you know my everything ease that . i nit pick option getting out

a military strike. smaller scale minister strike against pakistan is a possibility but that is not without risks in twenty sixteen september when india did that against pakistan the pakistanis basically said that you know india did not do anything they were just bluffing but he wanted to ease that i have done a lot of work on the line of control and the realities that both sites keep encroaching into each other stood at the end to sort of carry out smaller strikes from time to time and if this is going to ne in the past but that it was declared to be a proper strike in two hundred sixty eight september and that had its own political implications now given the fact that you announced that in twenty sixteen and now you know that now you are bound to bite you on past actions right i mean you did that in twenty sixteen why not now especially in the given the fact that you have an election coming which is a prestigious affection for mr moore these seeking a second term and there are people who are there that he's want to recruit maybe

because at this point of time so you think he's really plus to the push to the corner up against a well if he doesn't want to act. he's he's sort of a strongman financials will sort of reduce if he acts they will get ideas from from the other side so it's in many ways it's a messy situation is the international community agreeing to push pakistan to the wall are they going to corner pakistan bend the bucket the pakistanis are actually winning the war in the guise that it's an odd by their side by their side the americans i would draw in the bottom decision in it in a sort of an it in that this at it so i think the international community will not be able to push back to stand beyond that point so you're looking at a situation where in debt that's india it's not left with to any options and if it decides to carry out an addict to take the kind of tick option it would have its. repercussions. next to taiwan whose security affairs were in focus are there this

is when chinese president xi jinping declared reunification with the island is inevitable and that china reserves the right to use force if necessary it was a blunt reminder fatah of on from its larger neighbor china that has the second largest defense budgets in the world and spent one hundred fifty billion euros on defense in twenty eighteen but taiwan which de facto functions as an independent country is responding announcing plans to spend three point two billion euros to upgrade its air force speaking with the taiwanese foreign minister made clear that reunification with china is not an option here is more of that interview. the people's republic of china was founded seventy years ago and for the past seven decades there have been two governments on either side of the taiwan strait so how do you see relations right now. in the bilateral relationship is difficult to define china maintains a threatening posture towards taiwan. in the country from international

organizations. at the same time trade and business relations are closely intertwined. it's a very complicated relationship and any attempt to present it in a simplified manner would neglect core the problems. however regardless of relations with china taiwan is determined to continue living in a society based on the democratic values that we are continually developing. this is the judy of every government as taiwan becomes more democratic it can also be of significance for the development of china. so this is because people in china will see that the current well functioning taiwanese model could be conceivable for china in the future where i. was. i mean one has never committed to the one china policy nor have we accepted the ninety nine to consensus. we are

a democracy and it is invaluable to listen to voices from taiwan before discussing how our relationship with beijing will develop in the future. surveys make it clear that reunification with china is not an option for the tommies people. and joining us for analysis on what these comments mean is journalist flawed from hong kong thought it's good to see you know your reporting from taiwan and the wider region for a number of years so when joseph says that an exclusive interview. that reunification with china is not an easy setting taiwan up for to do that clash with china. well i'd start by saying that there is a history of provocative talks between both sides of the taiwan straits especially when dean pendent parties in power in taiwan which is the case now and was ready to case between zero two thousand and two thousand and eight so there may be another off speaking for the impact and to please domestic audience here jeff who is a foreign affairs minister knows very well that

a clash with china would be an absolute disaster for taiwan and you promote you for china as well and as a diplomat i don't think that's what he means instead precisely because he knows that the direct russia china is to be avoided at any cost he wants to tour learning a d n a do you know the end of the spectrum of options china must somehow factor in the reality that take one as being de facto independent from the mainland for the last seventy years and remember as where that the full debt take one would send out japanese control for fifteen years so you know we he said he's all know who's you see on the one hand at a time when his people are maybe keen on further. but there's a saying times think clearly and very far away indeed from reunification wartell suggested in this interview that the taiwanese model of democracy could be a model by hypes for china what is he trying to do there.

yeah well then i should be very proud to be the only chinese police we you know well basically with us we fledged democracy do we still call it a young democracy it's about twenty years old and has all kinds of issues are but i remember that back about ten years ago when chinese tourists stumpy to be allowed to visit taiwan yasha numbers many of them would not go on the plane to watch but read us the in the hotel rooms to watch t.v. watching t.v. it's at the g.c.c. grandfather meant little makers have a reputation for pretty unruly behavior and west several qualities of course who are very different views and the chinese to risk with understandably so it seemed at the time that their chinese to reste west fascinated ways these form of governance having said that's different again don't shine i super strong at the moment ten people ducked western style democracy is not suited for china that i

honestly felt that at least at this point in time to one could pretend to offer an alternative model to companies china journalist photos designed to speak and draw us from hong kong we're going on today marks that the u.s. in the soviet union ended its occupation of afghanistan moscow sent more than six hundred thousand troops to fight a long and traumatized war a war which helped create the taliban now another superbug the united states wants out of afghanistan and once again the taliban is poised to fill that vacuum. soviet tanks heading home crossing back over the so-called friendship bridge that marked the border between afghanistan and this is yet union. the withdrawal ended nine years of bloody occupation. the war cost the lives of fifteen thousand soviet soldiers and scarred a generation. and for afghans it ended led to more.

than two years later is the united states trying to extricate itself from a costly and seemingly unwinnable conflict in afghanistan. the latest push for peace as all sides committing to the ones unthinkable direct talks with the taliban . in afghanistan my administration is holding constructive talks with a number of afghan groups including the taliban as we make progress in these negotiations we will be able to reduce troops presence and focus on counter terrorism for the taliban the u.s. pullout can't happen soon enough last month the u.s. peace envoy for afghanistan help talks with the islamists in qatar. while on monday

u.s. acting defense secretary pat shanahan touched down in kabul for talks with president musharraf's ghani. the aim to bring the taliban and the afghan government to get that at the same table. hope is that expectation is that once that afghan dialogue begins which is. key objective that these. parallel the sky shall be brought together. to fight the fire but so far the taliban are refusing to talk to afghan officials directly leaving foreign envoys to act as go betweens. russia this also started weighing in on the peace efforts last week moscow broke at a meeting between the taliban and opposition leaders tribal elders and former president hamid karzai the president usher afghani and his officials would not represent edge. with washington itching to bring its troops home afghans now fear

that they could exit before last in peace between the taliban and the kabul government a secured. and that history may repeat itself in afghanistan. that's about all we did with some pictures of the soul rip withdrawal from the promise of thirty years ago today in sri lanka but. it's time for berlin sixty nine film festival. we give you the lowdown on all the stars. and gossip. the burning of a twenty nineteen every day on d.-day.

it's all happening. with a conflict. your link to news from africa and the world. your link to exceptional stories and discussions continue and welcome to news africa income grammy night from born in germany from the news of easy to now out with. the deputy comes much afrikaner join us on facebook at t.w. africa. where all u.s. china trade relations headed negotiators from the world's two top economies met in beijing to result in a trade dispute that's weighing on markets and to business sentiment also on the show why millions in india dream of working for the government.

welcome to a business i want to get johns in berlin good to have you with us and was dancing was a look to asia where stocks ended the week down retreating from four month highs after data out of china raised concerns over deflationary pressures building in the world's second biggest economy data released on friday showed china's factory gate inflation slowed for a seventh straight month in january to its weakest pace since september twenty sixth seen amid cooling domestic demand. and another focus was on a meeting between u.s. and chinese negotiators in beijing aimed at resolving the ongoing trade spat of pictures a picture says more than a thousand words not really reporters in beijing would have liked to hear a word or two on how the latest round of u.s. chinese trade talks are progressing instead all the guard has a neatly arranged family photo featuring u.s. treasury secretary stephen minu chin and trade.