can turn pressure vehicle or vessel which would be on the surface there are things like austin that you can harvest from the atmosphere to help make living possible. if you want to think of humanity if we really want to survive for over we're going to have throughout europe eventual i know that seems a little crazy but you've got to start somewhere. this is news asia coming up on the program pocket stuns prime minister imran khan to meet u.s. president donald trump in washington they talk afghanistan and the hot button topic of kashmir will explain why the meeting has the indian parliament up in arms class . canine cadets meet the dogs that are being trained to clear afghanistan

of deadly landmines. and finally. china's grad turnberry we introduce you to a chinese teenager who has big climate ambitions. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us we start with pakistani prime minister in run cons visit to the white house the main agenda was afghanistan and what pakistan can do to a celebrate peace talks the country was the taliban's chief sponsor in the 1990 s. and continues to have influence over the group. it was the 1st meeting between khan and u.s. president donald trump and the 2 made clear they were intent on improving relations after a relatively rocky period. a push to mend tense u.s.

pakistan relations in person after clashing on twitter pakistani prime minister imran khan has held his 1st one on one talks in washington with his us while online sparring partner u.s. president donald trump the afghan conflict responsible for straining those ties was a key focus of talks trump hopes card can help broker a peace deal between the taliban and the afghan government and pave the way to ending nearly 18 years of u.s. military involvement in afghanistan. i have plans on afghanistan that if i wanted to win the war afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth it would be god it would be over in literally in 10 days and i don't want to do that i don't want to go that route so we're working with pakistan and others to extricate ourselves nor do we want to be a policeman because basically we're policemen right now and we're not supposed to

be policemen we've been there through we've been there for 90 years in afghanistan khan who has called for mutually beneficial ties with the us since he won pakistan's general election last year sounded optimistic. so there is only one solution. i feel that i think we will discuss this is the closest we have been to a peace deal. and we hope that. in the coming days we will be able to. speak to the upon them to come to a settlement a political solution. this bridge building is a far cry from relations last year when trump attacked pakistan on twitter accusing the country of supporting islamist militants and cutting security aid now trump has held out the carrot of possibly restoring aid if this meeting yields results offering the prospect of better relations between the 2 nations.

so the leaders spent a lot of time talking about afghanistan but there was another issue that came up a controversial one the age old dispute between pakistan and india over kashmir have a listen to what the 2 leaders said i feel that only. the most powerful state. present drum can bring the 2 countries together from what i want i can tell you we have tried our best we all over just. to start dialogue resolve our differences through dialogue but unfortunately we haven't yet but i'm hoping that president bush was also i was with i was with prime minister modi 2 weeks ago and we talked about this subject he actually said would you like to be a mediator or arbitrator. where suitcase because this

rigor for many many years i was surprised at how long it's been going on every 2 years i think they'd like to see it resolved and i think you'd like to see it resolved that if i can help i would love to be a mediator it should be i mean it's impossible to believe 2 incredible countries that are very very smart with very smart leadership can't solve a problem like up but if you would want me to mediate or arbitrate i would be willing to do that and i'd like to bring in. who heads up our asia desk in bonn shammal it sounds as if president trump is toying with the idea of mediating between india and pakistan just how realistic an option is this. i don't know why drew more for do mediate the conflict it was probably just. told to you that he would like to use an influence to dissolve the conflict i don't think it is an option in your does not considered an international dispute the only thing that it

considers an international problem regarding kashmir is islamist militancy and i think india and the us are on the same page there. and so the comments from president trump has really ruffled feathers in india. yeah. it was also by opposition parties due to play it is a stance on this is the opposition parties are urging mo d. . we have to think about it india does not consider the issue its it guns or does it matter it gives a concession to pakistan when it says it is a bilateral issue. and discuss it with pakistan but again with the same precondition that islamabad support to islamist militants in the n.t. very interesting i want to circle back to afghanistan because it was such a big agenda item for the meeting between the 2 leaders just how much can prime

minister khan. how much can he do in terms of resolving the peace talks imran khan has a good standing among the taleban throughout his political career he has dried to just defied their position so i think he can do something for us here but the main player in this regard is the pakistani army and i think most important in the drum corps on meeting was the pakistani army chief budget was whether to undergo badr on his army are the ones that can deliver something to the u.s. on afghanistan if they really wanted to but the problem is the u.s. has always accused them that they play or double game in afghanistan to support the militants and at the same time they negotiate with the u.s. and they have gone to government. channel shams thank you thanks very much it is. now one reminder of just how devastating years of conflict in afghanistan have been

is the land mines and various types of unexploded ordinance that are littered across the country getting rid of them is a dangerous job workers at the kabul mine detection center use all types of tools and in our next report we meet their canine helpers. for fun for this pup is actually training for a life or death remission. it's one for around $200.00 dogs both german shepherds and belgian man walk at kabul's mine detection center. they're destined to become a disciplined force sticking out concealed explosives that routinely kill people in afghanistan. so dogs are protectors and a good friend for me and always one step ahead of me in dangerous places. chemo and cadets are here to learn how to detect bombs weapons and narcotics just

by scent today's test landmine detection. it appears she's found one now the humans investigate. it takes about 2 years of intense 2 tillage for both dog and handler to be real world ready. reserve. it's a loving relationship like the relationship with a friend or a child. it's the same thing with our dogs. you should love the dog and the dog should love you. and the dog should trust you and do whatever you tell it to. them. so the teams have lots of together time filled with games though their purpose is deadly serious like this carousel each chemist or is filled with a different sense picking the right target earns a reward now and in the future could save

a life. from the beginning that we buy the dogs and we train the dogs it's crosses from 2000 to $15000.00 these dogs. dogs. afghan started using dogs for mine clearance and the 1980 s. they're used to part of after explosives were found in terrain thought to have been cleared this program attributes that to shoddy training and is rolling out new standards next year after nearly 40 years of continuous war man's best friend may be the best defense in a country turned into a battlefield. we turn to china which has battled to dangerous levels of pollution following decades of economic growth many of its citizens now want a greener country and a greener world including one young teen who's trying to make her best to make

a lasting difference. the day begins early. well i am going to i'm 17 years old and i am an environment enthusiastic northeast china. ruined her friends fear for the future these young people are united by their concerns over climate change plastic waste pollution and the extinction of species but they're not just worried they're determined to do something to safeguard planet earth today we were speaking at the school we can we can do something we can influence the older people and we can influence younger people and when we grow up if we were to become scientists or politicians we can do the same thing whose activism began when she was 15 she and her friends broke into this printing works and collected samples of polluted river water which were used as evidence in

a court case the factory was later closed down. who carries with her reusable bags to help people cut down on plastic waste a role model is created to burke the young swedish campaigner who's inspired millions of teenagers around the world to challenge politicians and protest against climate change i know in my hard that is right where i hope is that one day i can become chinese. because that also means that people are educated and they're waiting to cooperate and they will come a listen to my speech because climate change accent rates today's young environmental activists say they have to act before it's too late. that's it for now check out our other stories on dot com forward slash asia or on facebook or twitter. people love turned us so we need you with pictures from centuries province in northwest china they're building

a giant national park to enjoy thanks for watching and see you next time. small consumer the changes. possible. go africa. fantastic writing. as they set out to save you foreigners. learn from one another. and work together for.

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