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traditions from the fall. of the month of ramadan for the hindu festival. welcome to news asia 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 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 berlin out of school these are statistics that bear themselves out every day. on the streets in afghanistan.

13 year old tommy dolo works as a shoeshine or instead of going to school 11 year old sabir sells dried fruit 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 mean to me. which is full of. discrimination.

a photo which is full of. happiness happiness water which came from education. which is the 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 year 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 come back to seize 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. a properly 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. serious doubt about the election because there were

security threats and also there was so i'm green negotiation between the united states and the car with a lot of people who are thinking the election is taken very and a peace process is the priority for the united states and you know fortunately at this point all these challenges you were able to hold the election you know. because of the initial election it so is the result of. many years of conflict in afghanistan we should look at afghanistan 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 election because. ultimately the rest week and democracy political process is in the interest of all afghans and elation and indeed

a public we know understand is something that all our guns are wishing for our guy can understand a sentiment out of me but then i do you actually believe that holding one election win wipe away the internal divisions that exist in afghan society and above all of gun politics 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 in the crucial and vital institutions are taking root in afghanistan and it they're becoming essential for peace and stability in afghanistan because we. unfortunately experienced chaos in afghanistan in 1000 nineties when there was no central government in kabul functioning when there is no there were no institutions and we

were in no internal fight and did terrorist taken advantage of that time and we don't want to repeat again history in afghanistan you want to move forward to move forward and build on the foundations that were laid down in the going to constitution back in 2000. 902003 so his decision for us to build on what we have achieved in the past 18 years and move forward and illusions and i understand are crucial because it is the continuity that we need and i want to stop 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 it donald trump. his country out of it where do things stand now is everything dead in the water. no this whole peace process is a priority for afghans as well. we all anderson and there's

a consensus in afghanistan and abroad that. there has to be a political seed here's 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'm going to government and we all afghans are willing in and. we should start be inscribed in dialogue and this is essential because only an interim afghan dialogue will lead us to a sustainable and just peace in afghanistan an offer that comes a sonar of a ventilator harumi 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 got to spawn of materials booming go to ports. protesters attack a china mobile version in the past few days dozens of businesses in hong kong have been vandalized during clashes protesters are talking 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 break 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 company said that these wooden panels to protect it and then the next day the protesters took down these panels and continue trashing the shop not the hand corner where i used to live. so it's true that saturday and presto

they have the show time there's consequences did it is still true that government which didn't have this century decide to say this. in online groups protesters post messages explaining their choice of targets hong kong starbucks branches are run by their local cager a mix seems the company drew the wrath of the protestors when the founders daughter heard a speech at the u.n. human rights council denouncing the protest it seems house distanced itself from her statement saying she holds no official position in the business but to no avail thank you logic of conflict has reached tongues business is 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 at the top. well

their figures you're seeing behind me are those of the demon king. then headed symbol of evil and one which is burned every year across india to mark the hindu festival of the shadow the burning of the effigies attracts thousands of people as you can probably imagine a before they are burnt to the effigies of painstakingly cut prepare and painted by hand. 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 artists and 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 the paper are then added before the demon comes to life with paint. and then robin's ready for the big event. for the sherif the effigies are the did with firecrackers and sent up in flames. a spectacular warning to do you know even. at this time the shadows of corn started to go up with the festival celebrated but

. angola's got a phone ever these are made of the daughters don't grow up that should be these would be run by show should we leave you now with those images thank you for watching too much time for. instead as personal shows the group who could have 0 knowledge i'm sure that of us as we are also some who are going. to be able.

to join us after the fall to. november not w. . right before the next round of us china trade talks the mood turns sour beijing is fuming over the us adding over 2 dozen the chinese company is to a blacklist but washington claims thursday's trade negotiations won't be affected. also coming off of japan and the us signed a limited to trade agreement but is treated better than the trans-pacific partnership the u.s. ditched in favor for it. and asked unrest over subsidy counts rationals. a

conference in frankfurt tries to identify opportunities and challenges in latin american economies. also how an entrepreneur in mumbai hopes to push electoral bill a teapot introducing a retro force unless carriage. 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 chapter for. this is what the white house says the latest mass blacklisting is all about to claims the 28 companies that helped beijing build what amounts to a police state in she jack suppressing ethnic week is the mostly.