strategy that made a difference. baking bread on. fishes to news a lie from voters in afghanistan head to the polls to elect a new president amid tight security concerns. incumbent ashraf ghani promised a safe vote after the election was cancelled twice over security concerns the taliban warned voters to stay away saying they would attack polling stations and security forces. in washington democrats issued their 1st subpoena and some an

official said testify as a begin impeachment proceedings against american president donald trump. and german police strike a blow against cyber criminals pulling the plug on a huge illegal data center set up in an old nato bunker. thanks for joining us. people in afghanistan are voting today in presidential elections amid a wave of violence and concerns about legitimacy the taliban is opposing the election and has vowed to attack polling stations that's after peace talks between the taliban and the us collapsed more than 100 civilians have been killed in a spate of bombings in recent weeks the last election in 2014 were mired in

allegations of fraud and ended with the us stepping in to appoint a power sharing government the main contenders or the incumbent president president ashraf ghani and his long term rival. other candidates have already alleged the process has been manipulated and warn of chaos and violence of this election result is discredited joining me now for more is journalist ali latif he from afghanistan all the polls have open and already there are reports of violence can you talk to us a little bit about the atmosphere among voters. oh the atmosphere i mean i just voted myself earlier today but the atmosphere is it's kind of quiet it's kind of slow i went to the voting center where i cast my ballot at the polling center where i cast my ballot you know there was a very minimal say turnout there was a delay of almost an hour until the election workers actual election commission

workers arrived until they got prepared now i'm here at another voting center that they that voted out in 2014 and again i talked to. an advisor for one of the campaigns and he said you know that the voter turnout seems to be kind of low and slow people seem to be afraid of the security situation this is a major concern for people is whether or not they can actually go out and vote and this is only in the city of kabul which should be the safest area in the country you talk about those security clearance concerns we know already that 150 people have been killed either by the taliban or by u.s. drone strikes is that in fact keeping people from voting today. that's a big problem it's a huge problem because people don't know for instance an awful every street leading to a major ballot center is shut down the police will only let you have a national id with a voting sticker in the back but at the same time there's just no guarantee right

and then the other issue is i've been speaking to several people who essentially their names weren't on the list they were turned away because at this point in the last 2 elections you can only vote in the place where you're registered and so people were coming here and literally their names were not found on the list and they were turned away or told to go to the election commission which going to the election commission means passing several security checkpoints going at least an hour out of their way with all of the blockades and checkpoints and so it really puts you know that their chance to vote at risk because they are going to make it back in time and is the issue going to be resolved is the. independent election commission going to be able to talk to the ballot centers and say that this person is able to vote this is a major issue i've seen that these 56 people so far in all of these voter centers being turned away just because their name is anonymous to the extent that you can look into a crystal ball at this hour. what can you tell us about what's expected from this

vote today who's likely to win. it's hard to say who is likely to win the i mean obviously in all elections around the world incumbent is usually the victor and definitely you know the president's team is very hopeful you know they feel like they have the election in the bag and they because they weren't waiting for what donald trump said about the peace process they were able to begin you know really seriously campaigning much earlier than the rival teams. but we have to remember his rival dr up the law is actually making up a lot of steam and he's really trying to make up for lost time now the biggest issue the biggest albatross for both candidates is this idea of the national unity government which you addressed earlier this idea that they would have to somehow in some way share power and that that may have hindered what they were able to do over the last 5 years so they have to prove that you know we made that concession 1st pacific reason but this time we will deliver on the promises that we made.

journalists. in afghanistan thanks so much thank you. for the taliban or a resurgent force in afghanistan in 18 years after they were ousted from power there are new anxieties about their return in the capital kabul many young people fear they could lose the freedoms they've grown up with. a pop concert delighted fans clamor to take pictures it looks like any pop concert almost anywhere in the world but this is afghanistan. much in the country has truly changed since taliban rule ended cafes and restaurants have sprung up and young people live in a way that would have been unthinkable under fundamentalist rule. when i was talking to my mom about the situation at 30 years ago and when taliban were here it

was horrible like all these stories are horrible and i am not i am not very yeah i am afraid for whom english is thanks to the american school she attends savvy hula opened a movie rental store recently and it's doing well his films range from hollywood action to romantic drama the taliban would never have allowed it of buying but us if the taliban were to rule again my store wouldn't be here. they would simply shut it down. flowers music and entertainment in general would see the same fate this kind of amusement doesn't fit taliban dogma. outside kabul in the countryside much less has changed in the past 18 years hardly any education high unemployment and bitter poverty a brickmaker here earns less than a year 0 a day young people are lucky if they find work at all what will happen when taliban

fighters want to return to a normal life and start demanding work and an income. it sounds there is nothing in this entire region except this brick works just as he and i mean what will happen if more and more people want to work here. only a few young people have actually experienced the taliban's rule themselves but they have lived through the group's attacks sue russia lost his father just one week ago in such an attack. anything just not the taliban they will keep killing they are murderers that's all i have to say. the bigger threat from a. tricky business and reconciliation are difficult to imagine here even for the young people who haven't lost anyone. i am i afraid i don't trust the taliban at all i don't. because right now woman and the situation of women have improved and especially young generation. afghan youth are fed up with terrorism they want

to live like other young people without mistrust and violence moving from that will be afghanistan's most difficult task. in washington the battle between the white house and congressional democrats has intensified democrats pursuing an impeachment inquiry against president donald trump have subpoenaed secretary of state mike pump aoe for documents concerning contact with the ukrainian government congressional investigators will also start interviews next week with 5 state department officials including u.s. special representative on ukraine kurt volker resigned on friday after being named in the whistleblower report on trump's phone call with ukraine's president as someone quote trying to contain the damage would like to trump has rejected accusations that he tried to pressure the ukrainian president into digging for potentially damaging information on

a political rival democratic presidential hopeful joe biden trump says democrats have launched a politically motivated witch hunt. the show is carrying on as normal at the white house president trump meeting with leaders of the hispanic community a key voter group he needs to woo for 2020. crisis what crisis was but away from the cameras the president is raging his anger is directed at the man now leading the impeachment inquiry against him on twitter trump wrote adam schefter must resign and be investigated he's been doing this for 2 years he's a sick man. chairmanships committee is now in overdrive the california democrat has signaled he's keen to hear from key witnesses as soon as possible and that from the president's. if if we know there are many other witnesses to this conduct that we need. we know that he had others involved as well including rudy giuliani

giuliani the president's personal lawyer has been leading the efforts to prove unverified allegations against trump's rival joe biden for months he's met repeatedly with ukrainian officials the committee wants to know if his freelance efforts damaged u.s. interests also in the inquiry cites mike pompei a state department they want to know if giuliani used pompei as diplomats to make contact with ukrainian officials directed american diplomats are supposed not to political parties and on thursday might compiled tonight they have done so to the best of my knowledge from what i've seen so far each of the actions that were undertaken by state department officials was entirely appropriate congress is poised to scrutinize that claim the intelligence committee will continue work through its current fall break the speculation articles of impeachment may be drawn up against the president by the end of the year. that is some of the other stories

making news around the world nigerian police have rescued more than 300 people held in chains in a building in the northern city of most of the captives captives were children a police spokesman said the building housing is a logic school and that several teachers had been arrested. haitian police have used tear gas and live ammunition to disperse looters in the capital port au prince at least 4 people have been killed in the latest wave of street violence which is being driven by nationwide shortages of food and fuel protesters are demanding that the government resign over the crisis. egyptian security forces have sealed off cairo's tahrir square to prevent expected protests against president. several nearby subway stations have also been shut for alleged maintenance the closures come amid a harsh security clampdown following anticorruption demonstrations across egypt

last weekend. german police say they have smashed a powerful criminal cyber network during a raid in the west of the country 7 people were arrested on suspicion of trafficking weapons drugs and images of children being sexually abused the raid follows 5 years of investigations it looks like the set of a hollywood movie a former nato bunker converted into a dark. $500.00 square metres of service exclusively used for a multi 1000000 euro criminal enterprise police seized $200.00 service here in a major operation the bunker was hidden 5 stories below ground in the small town of tub and in germany southwest. it wasn't just that we had to secure the physical location we also had to crack the digital storage at the data center. the solution to. it was likely from this location that an attack on

a telecom customers routers was carried out in 2016 this was also the home of illegal online stores like wall street markets selling millions of euros worth of drugs illegal documents and even todd pornography the investigation was complex and lengthy lasting more than 4 years. if italy and his organization sentence operating a data center like place in germany isn't illegal per se the 1st you have to prove that online crimes are being committed by 3rd parties then you have to prove that the people running the center knew about it and supported it before the top of the main suspect is a 59 year old dutch man the investigation and analysis of the data which could include customer data could take months if not years. you're watching d.w. news up next our technology show shifts with

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