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adapting to their new reality. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us on d.w. news asia today now it was a story about that captured the world's attention on june 23rd of last year 12 boys from a youth soccer team decided to explore a cave with their coach now the group entered the town along that cave in thailand's northernmost province chung ry but a shortly after entering heavy rains caused floodwaters to rise and the boys and their coach they were trapped now early efforts to find the boys failed but as international media picked up the story the search team grew to include experts from around the world and on july 2nd 2 pritish diverse found all the boys and the coach starving but still alive around 4 kilometers from. the caves mouth now came

the task of bringing the group back to safety the rescue involved thousands of personnel and countless acts of courage one diver lost his life while bringing oxygen tanks to the strand at soccer team finally more than 2 weeks after their ordeal began the boys and their coach they were rescued they were a celebrated as national heroes it returned to the cape a year later to thank those who helped them make their escape. right giving thanks for the ultimate gift of their lives the 12 boys and their coach other arms and a buddhist ceremony and gather a symbolic feast for cave spirits. each boy has his own memory of the ordeal. but for some it's on their minds every day. this was the moment they were discovered just over a year ago. but

their survival still 10 just by tragedy this tiny baby seal diver died during the rescue operation. honored by the team for giving his life to save their lives. i want to say thank you thank you very much to sergeant some on growing up without him we might not be alive today. and he won't be soon forgotten a statue has been erected in his memory. i still have him in my heart all the time i feel like this to walk together. over the weekend thousands came to a marathon near the rescue site running in the footsteps of their national heroes. and a reunion of sorts for a team of divers who helped rescue the soccer team you know our people and so they did for us so why do they keep up many tours you could have survived the way they

did so we have to respect them for that. and their escape from the depths of tom long cave a daring rescue that had the whole world rooting for a miracle. and a year later people in thailand are remembering that america they give you charlotte shell some pill isn't she and right following the story for us and she joins us hi charlotte good to see you so how have people been remembering what happened a year ago. seamy hi yes the real highlight today has been getting the opportunity to see those 12 boys and their coach they held a press conference here at the cave site earlier today and it really was an insight into how the boys are doing and how they've responded to what was clearly a hugely traumatic ordeal for them now their privacy has been very strictly guarded so it's extremely exciting to see

a number of them here at the site talking to was one of the really interesting things that they said is that they actually 2 of them want to become navy seals themselves that is a mark of respect for the tight diver who lost his life jaring that rescue he's commemorated just behind me now it wasn't just the press conference that the type ways were taking part in that was also a religious ceremony here at the cave a buddhist ceremony monks that were blessing the boys and asking that their lives be long and happy so that was extremely nice to see that was a ceremony that took several hours and then later on the boys went on to play football with some of the medics who treated them in hospital in a friendly games there really has been quite an upbeat quite a lively day today here at the cave this is actually one day off the anniversary of the boys going into the caves that was yesterday that anniversary took place so more vents hey that was a fun run that was a bike ride so it's been a very lively experience in charlotte what do you think the story of their skate

this miracle has resonated with the so many people not only in thailand but also beyond. well i have to be remembered simi the people here in thailand this really was a success story a lot of the divers that we've spoken to said that they didn't think for a long period of time for weeks in fact that the boys were going to be pulled out alive they said they thought it was going to be a recovery rather than a rescue mission so this really is considered a miracle hair among the locals and as such this has become a tourist center a lot of people wanting to use this site to commemorate the heroism of a lot of the divers a lot of the cave ins who were involved in this rescue in fact one of the officials the local officials here said in high season up to 2000 people coming here to get a taste of the ordeal and check out check out the site that's despite the fact that the cave itself is actually closed we don't know yet whether it will open but there is some talk about it becoming a visitor's center at some points they seem if you want to drop by you might in

fact at some point be able to take a tour of the cape itself in charlotte show some. reporting for us thank you very much. now in india at least 14 people have been killed and dozens injured after a huge tent collapsed on a religious gathering now the accident took place in the state of rajasthan in the north of the country in a district are called barmer a huge crowd had come together for a hindu ceremony but stormy weather swept in and turned the event into a disaster. outside the tent in india's district worship as were deeply shocked at the deadly turn of events. many couldn't believe this could happen at. a popular hindu religious ceremony police a thunderstorm and heavy rains led to tragic incident. it was a religious gathering when strong winds that rooted for tents. an electric current

spread of a collapsed tent in. hospitals survivors of being treated with high priority some of them were trapped under the huge tent hit by debris electrocuted by falling this shortly after the incident indian prime minister narendra modi expressed his condolences on twitter he wrote his thoughts are with the bereaved families and wished the injured a quick recovery. the festival was to continue until the end of the month but for now grief has put everything on hold. now to the conflict in afghanistan the united states and representatives from the taliban will hold fresh peace talks this weekend in qatar it will be the 7th round of negotiations between the 2 sides the goal is to end afghanistan 17 year war but

it's an uphill battle afghanistan's government isn't involved in the talks and on the ground violence is surging again as the taliban has pressed on with its insurgency the united nations says nearly 4000 civilians were killed in afghanistan last year the deadliest year yet for civilians the violence has torn apart communities and left deep scars it has also left a number of land mines and unexploded mortars on the ground and all too often they're found by children we need a family now that was devastated by an explosion one year ago. trying to be no child should be here. 10 children from the same family were on their way to school when they spotted a bomb on the ground a common sight in afghanistan. the device went off 3 children were killed. 7 survived but they lost at least one limb

each. more than a year later they are struggling to adapt. the bloody demo of the day when the blast took place so it was a bad day. but if i don't i thought. i saw my brothers and sisters soaked in blood lying on the ground them up a good water because my entire family was destroyed. like it was done no to well. the children are tutored at home but sometimes they have to go to school for exams it's not an easy journey. lister's form where the artificial limbs rub their skin a painful reminder of their new reality. martin like you when the explosion took place i tried to stand up and go home but when i tried to walk i

noticed that i didn't have my leg i know. this was a year ago after the blast the changed everything their story a reminder of the war that still rages on even though the taliban are in negotiations with the u.s. for some sort of peace settlement a resolution seems far off. decades of conflict have left the nation strewn with landmines and other deadly munitions. the u.n. says more than 900 children were killed in 2016. another 7000 were wounded. but if peace comes will be very happy they'll be no problems and everyone will be. during that business without any tension even if we have a disability at least we'll have security and pace every day there's no i'm still charging and it's my life terrible but one minute i have the afghan government and the taliban must sit together and agree on peace sue of the children do not get

killed or get disabled in this wall. oh my lad and i won. and though her childhood was taken away hopes that other children in afghanistan can still enjoy somewhat of a normal life. that's it for now be sure to check out our other stories on d.w. dot com slash asia or on facebook and twitter. we leave you now with a look back at the rescue of the thai voice just over one year ago 12 soccer players and their coach were pulled out of the tom long cave complex in thailand the next time.

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