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again. to challenge for the title. thanks for joining us. people in afghanistan or 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 elections 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 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 earlier i spoke to journalist ali latif in kabul for the latest on the situation there. this fear is it's kind of quiet kind of slow i went to the voting center where i cast my ballot that polling center where i cast my ballot you know there was a very minimal will say turnout there was a delay of almost an hour until the election workers actually election commission workers arrived until they got prepared now i'm here i don't know they're voting centers that voted out in 2014 and again i talked to. an advisor to 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 would be the safest area 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 if 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 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 at these 56 people so far in all of these voter centers being turned away just because their name isn't on the list ali to the extent that you can look into a crystal ball or. 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 i mean obviously in all lections 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 team. but we have to remember that his rival dr up the law is actually taking 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 were just 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 for a specific reason but this time we will deliver on the promises that we made. journalist teacher for us in afghanistan thanks so much thank you. the taliban or a resurgent force in afghanistan and 18 years after they were ousted from power

there are new ings ideas about their return in the capital kabul many young people fear they could lose their 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 of the 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 mean i'm afraid for fluent english is thanks to the american school she attends savvy hula a month 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. if the taliban were to rule again my store wouldn't be here. they would simply shut it down. the flowers music and intertainment 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. 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 little tricky of misandry conciliation are difficult to imagine here even for the young people who haven't lost anyone. i am a paraphrase i don't trust the taliban at all i don't. because right now woman and the situation of women have been 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. to washington now the u.s.

special representative on ukraine has resigned in the midst of an impeachment inquiry against the us president kurt volker stepped down after a whistleblower report emerged about a phone call between president donald trump and ukraine's leader vocal was named in the report which alleges that trump tried to pressure the ukrainian government into digging for information on a political rival democratic presidential hopeful joe biden congressional investigators are set to interview volcker and 4 other state department officials next week they have also subpoenaed secretary of state mike pompei over documents concerning contact with the ukrainian government trump says democrats have launched a politically motivated witchhunt. to show is carrying on as normal at the white house president trump meeting with leaders of the hispanic community a key votes a group he needs to who for 2020. crisis what crisis.

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 schiff 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 a signal to team to hear from key witnesses as soon as possible and that from the president. if if we know there are many other witnesses to this conduct that we need to. 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 only gox and 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 compile 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. now to some of the other stories making news around the world german police have shut down an internet data center that supported illegal activities on the so-called dark net more than $200.00 servers were housed in a former nato bunker in western germany investigators are also arrested 7 people on suspicion of trafficking in weapons drugs and child pornography. british

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