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and with the lunar new year fast approaching incense makers are scrambling to stay ahead of the demand. it's good to have you with us tensions between india and pakistan have been high since last year when a series of events pushed both countries to the brink of wall these included airstrikes on the bedroll of special status of the indian controlled portion of the disputed kashmir region now in an exclusive interview to did up to pakistan's prime minister imran khan says this is down to an extremist ideology and extremists. in india imran khan was speaking to did a new editor in chief. in. we were nearly facing

a war last year and ever since prime minister modi script this special status for indian administrators kushner last august it's getting even more tense what is your government doing all planning to diffuse this tensions with new delhi look i was the 1st. political leader to warn the world about what has happened india. india has been taken over by an extremist a racially extremist exclusive ideology which is called. the ideology stem from r.s.s. r.s.s. was born in 1025 model that it's a parisian was the nazi party in germany a nuclear armed country of 1300000000 people in the hands of extremists and so not only are people of india are going to suffer and they're already suffering

the rights demonstrations but push me. to be specific $8000000.00 kashmiris now for over 5 months are in a state of siege and it's because of the artist's ideology which believes that only india belongs to hindus other minorities are inferior. but prime minister condom many pakistani people who also say that the human rights situation in the pakistani part of carson is also not perfect how do you answer to that. well this is very easy why don't we invite anyone anywhere in the world can come and see the pakistan side of course. and then they go and see the indian side of caution for a friend's r.s.s. in that interview refers to the rostrum save a song that's the ideological fountain head of prime minister narendra modi's b j p party but for more on this interview i'm joined by roger article pollen from

the school of international studies at delhi is develop university professor other column thank you so much for making the time sarah. is the hindu or hindu nationalist ideology of the r.s.s. effectively dictating india's relations with pakistan. no i i think there may be a small aspect of it but the primary. disagreement in india and by a. lot of longer standing obviously than the b.g.p. india and bugs i have had denzel asian ship for the last year was in the beginning dependent because we didn't mines are becoming independent and therefore 'd or 'd kashmir and so that is that this is a non standing dispute and a longstanding disagreements between the 2 countries this is not specifically about b. or the hardass is even though there are it illumines of elements within the b. debian audiences that have a harsh view of what

a stand but this is not the order of leadership is not being determined but. what prime minister mark carney saying is some of the fear of hard from a number of politicians in pakistan or all of last year in which the art of science is always brought up and it's always mentioned why do you think that keeps happening. because i think it works a good excuse for a son to not look at the real reasons for the for the state of the relationship between india and pakistan because obviously the india parks and gardens did not and i in the last few years since the bee to begin to are. it's been you know in about shape for quite a while and saw those that i think i think might have lots of disagreements with the busy bee and without us us and so on i don't think it is right to blame them at all on or the state of the relationship if you recall that. prime minister morley

did make an impromptu with that event to lahore to visit with the previous prime minister as a bit of as a gesture of goodwill there so i don't think that there are. there are like if that happens i commence with a video analysis on these issues on it already is issues but this is not one of the issues on which there is. one on which they can blame them but the state of the relationship that this has been dismal is a more structural reasons right stay with us professor because iran can alter explained why he thought the world wasn't paying attention to the kashmir issue i just like to play that sound bite now and get your reaction off the bat. pacific. the silence of the world is done by one because of commercial interests india big a big market and number 2 i think. in the strategic. western

mind india is supposed to be a counterbalance to china and therefore you see a completely different approach to what is the all this. i am afraid this is going to pose a threat not just to pakistan and the neighboring countries or to the indian minorities but eventually this will be a threat to world peace professor you heard that sound bite what you said tension between india and pakistan are a threat to world peace the way iran contra m's. no i mean so i mean it's a lot of i believe or. in this it is regarding obviously that you know by india but then issues. do have. you know do have consequences for the region and do have some consequences for or international politics is that really but it is just that this is somehow a major threat or louise's stability is not is absurd i mean i think that is not

the case there is a park is than has for a long period of time or at least 20 years now i don't dare to say it is that there is a threat of nuclear escalation and it was a nucleus commission in the region if in other words the commission of war should break out any bitterness later than you clearly were meant to do and restart lobbying nuclear warheads at each other that it will have. consequences for the words on that is this is a this is that i got last standing this is just being slightly modified to suit you know to suit the current going out and sort of conditions but this is been a long standing argument that i was in as i had nothing nothing really you're and it was ridiculous no it will and it is even less true today. right whenever you have ever that i mean i thank you so much for joining us for us our dish roger gopalan and you can visit each other's website didn't have a dot com for more of that exclusive interview with pakistan's prime minister brown

can. do badass statue was carved into a mountain face in afghanistan one of the most famous images representing the cultural history of the country but in 2001 they were turned to dust by the taliban which blew them up for being non islamic however in the us since their remaining cultural treasures in the wild had attention balmy and valleys in central afghanistan have been coping with a new major threat you know isn't brought on by climate change. the cliffs of bamiyan have long borne the scars of human damage this holiday used to be home to one of the 2 buddhas of bamiyan. the centuries old statues were blown up by the taliban in 2001 scene is full sight of the cliff face another threat long dry spells followed by heavy rain and snow was speeding up erosion here though. it was not how it should be as it was in its former state

has a lot of snow and a huge number of visitors coming if they work on it that would be better but if it stays like it is then it will gradually be destroyed by rain snow and earthquakes. further along the valley is hard this place is known as the city of screams after its residents were slaughtered by gangs khan in the 1200s. the ruins attracts thousands of tourists every year erosion is a problem for the ancient buildings here too according to some human interference is also contributing to the state of disrepair. it's increasing every day. and the reason is that there are huge numbers of visitors. also most people are not familiar with the culture of how to behave with historical sites. many poor families occupy the caves carved

into the mountainside they say they have nowhere else to go. and they were going to . live in these caves if we were provided shelter somewhere else we would leave because people are lighting fires in the caves and they are being damaged. so it is better for the government to give people a home so that they can leave. going into the un's cultural agency unesco is helping the afghan government preserve the caves and ancient landmarks but solving problems requires money and a change in attitudes for a country riven by conflict that's easier said than done. roles of all roles of incense with the lunar new year around the corner it's the busiest time of the year for makers of the fragrance takes one of the world's biggest producers of incense is in china for province.

it takes a back breaking work to make millions of prayers and it's crunch time at this open air factory. lunar new year is just days away locals say that this corner of china produces much of the world's incense for the holiday. i'm drawing incense sticks here trying golden incense but we make all kinds of different varieties. workers follow a choreography of up to $8000.00 steps to coat thin bamboo sticks and aromatic herbs and spices. there's no escape from the color dust that sticks to the skin and clogs the air a secret recipe that's proved a thriving business to the hong family for decades.

we're mainly producing incense used for paying respects to bordeaux and the demand is very high. we're already established on the chinese market and now we're also working on the southeast asian market. incense that will ignite the hopes and prayers of countless people across asia this lunar new year. that's a finale with your next start by. showing up today don't miss our highlights. program online d.w. dot com highlights. here i am getting. sick closest place to hell i'm just. in standing kiran. entrance to the

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