good line of. the must see. culture team you're a. place to be curious minds. yourself networkers. subscribing don't miss. this. coming up. that's the grim reality for many of our children. does anyone have a plan to help them speaking to an analyst. also coming up. for their main protesters in hong kong attacking businesses. sympathetic to the punch. to spawn. position the fault. of the problems for the hindu festival of.

welcome to do the show it's good to have you with us afghanistan has been at war for 18 years and with it so have its children an entire generation of 18 year olds for instance has known nothing but wall their stories are illustrated in statistics that are even more sobering in just 3 years for example between 2015 and 20012500 children what killed or maimed in violence more than 3700000 children roughly the population of. out of school these are statistics that bear themselves out every day on the street. in afghanistan.

13 year old tommy dollar works as a shoeshine or instead of going to school 11 year old sabir sells dried fruits some couples streets there are just 2 of the afghan children who've been robbed of an education because of war. 18 years ago the 911 terrorist attacks led to the u.s. invasion of afghanistan the beginning of a military campaign that's now the longest in u.s. history. today every child who was born and grew up in the country has never experienced peace. pieces like a dream to us in afghanistan. peace comes to afghanistan we will be able to develop our economy through mining for example business development. i mentioned. which is full of. discrimination.

which is full of. happiness happiness which came from education. which is people are not. blaming everything on each other for many afghan children the conflict has meant destruction fear and poverty and the u.n. says child casualties increased sharply in the years since 2015. that was when the taliban started stepping up its attacks seizing territory across the country the riyadh of jais insurgency coincided with afghan forces taking over combat choose he's from foreign troops the taliban's now the most powerful it's been since its regime was overthrown in 2001. children have also been hit hard by airstrikes by u.s. and afghan government forces. this is still a very intense conflict and way too many civilians being killed and

injured by all parties u.s. and taliban negotiations held talks during the past year raising hopes of an imminent peace deal until a serious of taliban attacks in september led to the u.s. the probably ending the negotiations the 2 sides could still reach a truce as afghanistan will struggle to overcome its internal divisions. leaving the children whose lives have been ruined by war facing an adult also ply said by conflict. and joining us now from kabul is political analyst harder on me i don't need a thank you so much for being on the program it's been 18 years since most children in afghanistan had a normal childhood do the recently conducted elections offer some hope of peace. yes indeed initially there was. a serious doubt i love the election because there

were security threats and also there was so i'm going negotiation between the united states and the taliban and a lot of people were thinking the election is secondary and the peace process is the priority for the united states and now fortunately at this point all these challenges you are able to call the election i want to because the initial election and so is the result of. many years of conflict in afghanistan we should look it up honest on not just in the past 18 years but we have to look back. at the summer of 1979 when this will be it's invaded afghanistan so. it was very crucial for us afghans to hold elation because. ultimately the rest eat and democracy political process is in the interest of all afghans and

elation and you know probably it we know who understand is something that all our guns are wishing for argo i can understand a sentiment out of me but then i do you actually believe that holding one election when wipe away the internal divisions that exist in afghan society and above all of gun polity. this has been the 4 presidential election in afghanistan the 1st one in 2004 the 2nd was in 2931 was in 2014 so slowly i think the. political process and the crucial in vital institutions are taking root in afghanistan and they are becoming essential for peace and stability in afghanistan because we. unfortunately experienced chaos you know honest and in 1000 nineties when there was no central government in kabul functioning when there is no there were no institutions and we

were in a internal fight and did to resist taken advantage of that time and we don't want to repeat again history in afghanistan you want to move forward to move forward in built on the foundations that were laid down and you are going to constitution back in 2000. 902003 so it is essential for us to build on well to be of achieved in the past 18 years and move forward and illusions and i understand are crucial because it is the continuity that we need to know when it's done right let's let's go back to something mr mentioned a while back you called of the peace process between the taliban and the u.s. the u.s. has poured out of its donald trump war his country out of it where do things stand now is everything dead in the water. peace process is a priority for afghans as well so we all anderson and there's

a consensus in afghanistan and iraq that. there has to be a political 6 years who should probably conflict in afghanistan because government and the military impasse and also the taliban must be integrated into the political process so there is this constant is in the country and i think the peace process will become a top priority for the next i am going to government and we all afghans are willing and. we should restore be inscribed in dialogue and this is essential because only an interim afghan dialogue will lead us to a sustainable in just peace in afghanistan and offer that comes a sonar other than that a hard to me political analyst joining us from kabul thank you very much for your analysis. protesters in hong kong have found a new target for their anger against the chinese government businesses that either

run from the mainland or of links to it corresponded with his booming go to boards . protesters attack a china mobile shop in the past few days dozens of businesses in hong kong have been vandalized during clashes protesters of talk of companies from the mainland such as the state owned telecom providers the big chinese banks and other industries tied to the beijing government. thank god there are less obvious choices like this famous us coffee thanks starbucks has been one of the top targets this one has been vandalized twice 1st they trashed the entrance then and then next day the companies have these wooden panos to protect it and then the next day the protesters took down these panels and continue trashing the shop not the hardware i used to leave your side truth as i did and presto the end of the show

time this consequence is good it is still true that the government which didn't well listen to the citizens. in online groups protesters post messages explaining their choice of targets hong kong starbucks branches are run by the local cager maxime's the company drew the wrath of the protesters when the founders daughter had a speech at the u.n. human rights council denouncing the protest it seems house distanced itself from the statement saying she holds no official position in the business but to no avail thank you logic of conflict has reached on kong's businesses between the eye of the protesters and repercussions on the chinese market many of them are facing a tough choice. for this starbucks crunch the only thing to do now is to renovate and hope that they will be targeted the 3rd time.

their figures you're seeing behind me are those of the demon king. 10 headed symbol of evil and one which has burned every across india the festival of the shadow the burning of the effigies attracts thousands of people as you can probably imagine but before they are burnt the effigies are painstakingly cut repaired and painted and. robin has many faces the 10 had a demon god is the ultimate villain of hindu mythology a figure so fierce some at the g.'s are modeled in his image every year so they can be burned in a symbolic victory of good over evil it's a ritual that dates back centuries. it's a long held tradition our ancestors our elders many of whom have passed away used to make these effigies us youngsters are following in their footsteps and continuing the tradition. crafting

the effigies is painstaking work taking skilled artisans about 3 months 1st they split shave and bend tons of bamboo to create the skeleton of the structure. this is fun for me because we're making revenue it's an art form not everyone can perform that makes me feel good. players a paper are then added before the demon comes to life with paint. and then robin's ready for the big event. for the shabda the effigies are the did with firecrackers and sent up in flames. a spectacular warning to do no evil. this time the federal support side of the group would have best of both celebrated but bengalis got

a forever these are made of the daughters i should deface the beam on my shirt for we leave you now with those images thank you for watching too next time. do you speak this language of. this music during peak hours. you feel at home. and just mistake your car racing. to come right place. trying to. teach. literature invites us to see

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a conference in frankfurt tries to identify opportunities and challenges in latin american economy. also how an entrepreneur in mumbai hopes to push electable billeted by introducing a retro force unless carriage. back up to date of your business asia want to get johns in berlin thanks for joining the united states has added a further 28 chinese companies to a trade blacklist saying the firms have all been involved in the persecution of muslim minorities in china beijing was swift to respond signaling it will hit back this comes just 2 days before u.s. china trade talks are set to resume aimed at ending a protracted war. this is what the white house says the latest mass blacklisting is.